diff --git a/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 3c5f0e4be..7aba346d0 100644
--- a/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -578,7 +578,8 @@ TOKEN *CheckMemoryLeakClass::getcode(const TOKEN *tok, std::list<const TOKEN *>
 
         // Assignment..
         if ( TOKEN::Match(tok,"[)=] %var1% [+;)]", varnames) ||
-             TOKEN::Match(tok, "%var1% +=|-=", varnames) )
+             TOKEN::Match(tok, "%var1% +=|-=", varnames) ||
+             TOKEN::Match(tok, "+= %var1% ;", varnames) )
             addtoken("use");
 
         // Investigate function calls..
diff --git a/testmemleak.cpp b/testmemleak.cpp
index 0e3ce947e..b1c00c2ff 100644
--- a/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -1288,6 +1288,14 @@ private:
                "}\n" );
 
         ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string(""), errout.str() );
+
+        check( "void foo()\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "    char *a = new char[100];\n"
+               "    list += a;\n"
+               "}\n" );
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string(""), errout.str() );
     }