diff --git a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
index b8b6e2e0d..f9c6a59da 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ void CheckUnusedVar::checkFunctionVariableUsage_iterateScopes(const Scope* const
             for (; defValTok; defValTok = defValTok->next()) {
                 if (defValTok->str() == "[")
                     defValTok = defValTok->link();
-                else if (defValTok->str() == "(" || defValTok->str() == "{" || defValTok->str() == "=") {
+                else if (defValTok->str() == "(" || defValTok->str() == "{" || defValTok->str() == "=" || defValTok->str() == ":") {
                     variables.addVar(&*i, type, true);
                     break;
                 } else if (defValTok->str() == ";" || defValTok->str() == "," || defValTok->str() == ")") {
diff --git a/test/testunusedvar.cpp b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
index 50177eb3f..e7a88070b 100644
--- a/test/testunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(localvarSwitch);   // #3744 - false positive when localvar is used in switch
         TEST_CASE(localvarNULL);     // #4203 - Setting NULL value is not redundant - it is safe
         TEST_CASE(localvarUnusedGoto);    // #4447, #4558 goto
+        TEST_CASE(localvarRangeBasedFor); // #7075
 
         TEST_CASE(localvarCpp11Initialization);
 
@@ -3844,6 +3845,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void localvarRangeBasedFor() {
+        // #7075
+        functionVariableUsage("void reset() {\n"
+                              "    for (auto & e : array)\n"
+                              "        e = 0;\n"
+                              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void chainedAssignment() {
         // #5466
         functionVariableUsage("void NotUsed(double* pdD, int n) {\n"