diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 4c7e4e834..051e19f7c 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -490,17 +490,14 @@ static bool alwaysTrue(const Token *tok)
     if (!tok)
         return false;
     if (tok->values().size() == 1U &&
-        tok->values().front().intvalue != 0 &&
-        tok->values().front().isKnown())
+        tok->values().front().isKnown() &&
+        tok->values().front().intvalue != 0)
         return true;
     if (tok->str() == "||")
         return alwaysTrue(tok->astOperand1()) || alwaysTrue(tok->astOperand2());
     if (tok->str() == "true")
         return true;
-    return (tok->isComparisonOp() &&
-            tok->values().size() == 1U &&
-            tok->values().front().isKnown() &&
-            tok->values().front().intvalue != 0);
+    return false;
 }
 
 bool CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::test_white_list(const std::string &funcname, const Settings *settings, bool cpp)