diff --git a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
index a68a94eec..a0ba91cec 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
@@ -1183,6 +1183,9 @@ void CheckUnusedVar::checkFunctionVariableUsage()
             if (!isAssignment && !isInitialization && !isIncrementOrDecrement)
                 continue;
 
+            if (isInitialization && Token::Match(tok, "%var% { }")) // don't warn for trivial initialization
+                continue;
+
             if (isIncrementOrDecrement && tok->astParent() && precedes(tok, tok->astOperand1()))
                 continue;
 
diff --git a/test/testunusedvar.cpp b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
index 9a93f9b0a..0000d7892 100644
--- a/test/testunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
@@ -3040,6 +3040,19 @@ private:
                               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        functionVariableUsage("void f(bool b, bool c, double& r) {\n"
+                              "    double d{};\n"
+                              "    if (b) {\n"
+                              "      d = g();\n"
+                              "      r += d;\n"
+                              "    }\n"
+                              "    if (c) {\n"
+                              "      d = h();\n"
+                              "      r += d;\n"
+                              "    }\n"
+                              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         functionVariableUsage("int func() {\n"
                               "    std::mutex m;\n"
                               "    std::unique_lock<std::mutex> l{ m };\n"