diff --git a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
index e35f92a63..3a0221b2d 100644
--- a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
@@ -198,7 +198,10 @@ void CheckAutoVariables::autoVariables()
         {
             errorAutoVariableAssignment(tok);
         }
-        //Critical assignment
+        else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] * %var% = & %var%") && errorAv(tok->tokAt(2), tok->tokAt(5)))
+        {
+            errorAutoVariableAssignment(tok);
+        }
         else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% [ %any% ] = & %var%") && errorAv(tok->tokAt(1), tok->tokAt(7)))
         {
             errorAutoVariableAssignment(tok);
diff --git a/test/testautovariables.cpp b/test/testautovariables.cpp
index 1f914d79f..cefbe20c6 100644
--- a/test/testautovariables.cpp
+++ b/test/testautovariables.cpp
@@ -77,8 +77,9 @@ private:
     {
         check("void func1(int **res)\n"
               "{\n"
-              "    int num=2;"
-              "res=#}");
+              "    int num = 2;\n"
+              "    *res = #\n"
+              "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Wrong assignment of an auto-variable to an effective parameter of a function\n", errout.str());
 
         check("void func1(int **res)\n"