diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 07801b671..caeb3df0e 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getAllocationType(const Token *tok2,
     }
     if (! tok2)
         return No;
+    if (tok2->str() == "::")
+        tok2 = tok2->next();
     if (! tok2->isName())
         return No;
 
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 51b97d71e..e5f4cd5a1 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ private:
     void testgetcode() {
         // alloc;
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int *a = malloc(100);", "a"));
+        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", ";;alloccallfunc;", getcode("int *a = ::malloc(100);", "a"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int *a = new int;", "a"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int *a = new int[10];", "a"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode("int **a = new int*[10];", "a"));