diff --git a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
index e033b04ad..ca581a1f0 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
@@ -1132,6 +1132,10 @@ void CheckUnusedVar::checkFunctionVariableUsage()
             const bool isIncrementOrDecrement = (tok->tokType() == Token::Type::eIncDecOp);
             if (!isAssignment && !isInitialization && !isIncrementOrDecrement)
                 continue;
+
+            if (isIncrementOrDecrement && tok->astParent() && precedes(tok, tok->astOperand1()))
+                continue;
+
             if (tok->isName()) {
                 if (mTokenizer->isCPP()) {
                     // do not check RAII/scope_lock objects
diff --git a/test/testunusedvar.cpp b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
index 4d91daac2..3fdfb59cd 100644
--- a/test/testunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(localvar55);
         TEST_CASE(localvar56);
         TEST_CASE(localvar57); // #8974 - increment
+        TEST_CASE(localvar58); // #9901 - increment false positive
         TEST_CASE(localvarloops); // loops
         TEST_CASE(localvaralias1);
         TEST_CASE(localvaralias2); // ticket #1637
@@ -2270,6 +2271,20 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (style) Variable 'x' is assigned a value that is never used.\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void localvar58() { // #9901 - increment false positive
+        functionVariableUsage("void f() {\n"
+                              "    int x = 0;\n"
+                              "    if (--x > 0) {}\n"
+                              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        functionVariableUsage("void f() {\n"
+                              "    int x = 0;\n"
+                              "    if (x-- > 0) {}\n"
+                              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (style) Variable 'x' is assigned a value that is never used.\n", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void localvarloops() {
         // loops
         functionVariableUsage("void fun() {\n"