diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 849b03566..37b9700f2 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1205,6 +1205,9 @@ void CheckOther::checkVariableScope()
             if (!tok->isNumber() && tok->tokType() != Token::eString && tok->tokType() != Token::eChar && !tok->isBoolean())
                 continue;
         }
+        // bailout if initialized with function call that has possible side effects
+        if (tok->str() == "(" && Token::simpleMatch(tok->astOperand2(), "("))
+            continue;
         bool reduce = true;
         bool used = false; // Don't warn about unused variables
         for (; tok && tok != var->scope()->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 52bc145ad..1fbca242a 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -719,6 +719,15 @@ private:
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        check("void f() {\n" // #5398
+              "    bool success = false;\n"
+              "    int notReducable(someClass.getX(&success));\n"
+              "    if (success) {\n"
+              "        foo(notReducable);\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         check("void f()\n"
               "{\n"
               "int foo = 0;\n"