diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index 572840690..8ae0b5ecb 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
             for (const Token *innerTok = tok->tokAt(2); innerTok && innerTok != closingParenthesis; innerTok = innerTok->next()) {
                 // TODO: replace with checkTokenInsideExpression()
 
-                if (Token::Match(innerTok, "%var% =")) {
+                if (Token::Match(innerTok, "%var% =") && innerTok->astParent() == innerTok->next()) {
                     // allocation?
                     if (Token::Match(innerTok->tokAt(2), "%type% (")) {
                         const Library::AllocFunc* f = mSettings->library.alloc(innerTok->tokAt(2));
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index 6e62fcb2f..e23ff248c 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(ifelse9); // #5273 - if (X(p==NULL, 0))
         TEST_CASE(ifelse10); // #8794 - if (!(x!=NULL))
         TEST_CASE(ifelse11); // #8365 - if (NULL == (p = malloc(4)))
+        TEST_CASE(ifelse12); // #8340 - if ((*p = malloc(4)) == NULL)
 
         // switch
         TEST_CASE(switch1);
@@ -1172,6 +1173,14 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void ifelse12() { // #8340
+        check("void f(char **p) {\n"
+              "    if ((*p = malloc(4)) == NULL)\n"
+              "        return;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void switch1() {
         check("void f() {\n"
               "    char *p = 0;\n"