diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 5a20fa2a4..c38c9da69 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -579,6 +579,8 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInClass::variable(const Scope *scope, const Token *tokVarnam
             }
             continue;
         }
+        if (!func.functionScope) // defaulted destructor
+            continue;
         bool body = false;
         const Token *end = func.functionScope->bodyEnd;
         for (const Token *tok = func.arg->link(); tok != end; tok = tok->next()) {
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 9c190ff67..a35db582d 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -521,6 +521,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(class23); // ticket #3303
         TEST_CASE(class24); // ticket #3806 - false positive in copy constructor
         TEST_CASE(class25); // ticket #4367 - false positive implementation for destructor is not seen
+        TEST_CASE(class26); // ticket #10789
 
         TEST_CASE(staticvar);
 
@@ -1450,6 +1451,17 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void class26() { // ticket #10789 - crash
+        check("class C;\n"
+              "struct S {\n"
+              "    S() { p = new C; }\n"
+              "    ~S();\n"
+              "    C* p;\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "S::~S() = default;\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (style) Class 'S' is unsafe, 'S::p' can leak by wrong usage.\n", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void staticvar() {
         check("class A\n"
               "{\n"