diff --git a/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index d3cee674e..3c5f0e4be 100644
--- a/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -490,6 +490,13 @@ TOKEN *CheckMemoryLeakClass::getcode(const TOKEN *tok, std::list<const TOKEN *>
                     if ( parlevel <= 0 )
                         break;
                 }
+                if ( TOKEN::Match(tok2, "fclose ( %var1% )", varnames) )
+                {
+                    addtoken( "dealloc" );
+                    addtoken( ";" );
+                    dep = true;
+                    break;
+                }
                 if ( (tok2->str() != ".") &&
                      TOKEN::Match(tok2->next(), "%var1%", varnames) &&
                      !TOKEN::Match(tok2->next(), "%var1% .", varnames) )
@@ -1074,10 +1081,10 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakClass::CheckMemoryLeak_CheckScope( const TOKEN *Tok1, const
     AllocType dealloctype = No;
 
     TOKEN *tok = getcode( Tok1, callstack, varname, alloctype, dealloctype );
-    //tok->printOut( "getcode result" );
+    // tok->printOut( "getcode result" );
 
     simplifycode( tok );
-    //tok->printOut( "simplifycode result" );
+    // tok->printOut( "simplifycode result" );
 
     // If the variable is not allocated at all => no memory leak
     if (TOKEN::findmatch(tok, "alloc") == 0)
diff --git a/testmemleak.cpp b/testmemleak.cpp
index 314fed7be..0e3ce947e 100644
--- a/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE( simple7 );
         TEST_CASE( simple8 );
         TEST_CASE( simple9 );   // Bug 2435468 - member function "free"
+        TEST_CASE( simple10 );  // fclose in a if condition
 
         TEST_CASE( use1 );
         TEST_CASE( use2 );
@@ -255,6 +256,16 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string(""), errout.str() );
     }
 
+    void simple10()
+    {
+        check( "void foo()\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "    FILE * f = fopen(fname, str);\n"
+               "    if ( fclose(f) != NULL );\n"
+               "}\n" );
+        ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string(""), errout.str() );
+    }
+