diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 89ba23d8c..b2fba947e 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -3113,6 +3113,15 @@ void CheckOther::checkKnownArgument()
                 tok2 = tok2->astOperand2();
             if (isVariableExpression(tok2))
                 continue;
+            // ensure that there is a integer variable in expression with unknown value
+            bool intvar = false;
+            visitAstNodes(tok, [&intvar](const Token *child) {
+                if (child->varId() && child->valueType() && child->valueType()->isIntegral() && child->values().empty())
+                    intvar = true;
+                return ChildrenToVisit::op1_and_op2;
+            });
+            if (!intvar)
+                continue;
             // ensure that function name does not contain "assert"
             std::string funcname = tok->astParent()->previous()->str();
             std::transform(funcname.begin(), funcname.end(), funcname.begin(), [](int c) {
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index d575a0838..7b8d23b27 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -8835,6 +8835,13 @@ private:
               "   ASSERT((int)((x & 0x01) >> 7));\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #9905 - expression that does not use integer calculation at all
+        check("void foo() {\n"
+              "    const std::string heading = \"Interval\";\n"
+              "    std::cout << std::setw(heading.length());\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void checkComparePointers() {