diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 96ed875ee..8dcbb62c9 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ void CheckOther::clarifyCalculation()
             if (!tok->astOperand1()->isArithmeticalOp() && tok->astOperand1()->tokType() != Token::eBitOp)
                 continue;
 
+            // bit operation in lhs and pointer in rhs => no clarification is needed
+            if (tok->astOperand1()->tokType() == Token::eBitOp && tok->astOperand2()->valueType() && tok->astOperand2()->valueType()->pointer > 0)
+                continue;
+
             // Is code clarified by parentheses already?
             const Token *tok2 = tok->astOperand1();
             for (; tok2; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index b6463cbac..dc278af30 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -4022,6 +4022,9 @@ private:
 
         check("void f() { a = *p ? 1 : 2; }");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f(int x) { const char *p = x & 1 ? \"1\" : \"0\"; }");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void clarifyStatement() {