diff --git a/lib/checkfunctions.cpp b/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
index c85354e58..9918e3709 100644
--- a/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkfunctions.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,18 @@ void CheckFunctions::checkIgnoredReturnValue()
             if (Token::Match(tok, "%var%|(|, {"))
                 tok = tok->linkAt(1);
 
+            if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "%name% (")) {
+				bool semicolon = false;
+				for (const Token *tok2 = tok->tokAt(2); tok2 && tok2->str() != ")"; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
+					if (tok2->str() == ";")
+						semicolon = true;
+					else if (Token::Match(tok2, "[({]"))
+						tok2 = tok2->link();
+				}
+				if (semicolon)
+					tok = tok->link();
+			}
+
             if (tok->varId() || !Token::Match(tok, "%name% ("))
                 continue;
 
diff --git a/test/testfunctions.cpp b/test/testfunctions.cpp
index 95ef04f00..12a81abe2 100644
--- a/test/testfunctions.cpp
+++ b/test/testfunctions.cpp
@@ -912,6 +912,12 @@ private:
               "   int x({mystrcmp(a,b)});\n"
               "}", "test.cpp", &settings2);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #7979 - code is not well configured
+        check("void foo() {\n"
+              "  DEBUG(x(); mystrcmp(a,b););\n"
+              "}", "test.cpp", &settings2);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 };