diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 9a06871ff..216fdd3c8 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -2732,11 +2732,13 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarIdPass1()
             }
         }
 
-        if (tok == list.front() || Token::Match(tok, "[;{}]") ||
-            (tok->str() == "(" && isFunctionHead(tok,"{")) ||
-            (tok->str() == "(" && !scopeStack.top().isExecutable && isFunctionHead(tok,";:")) ||
-            (tok->str() == "," && !scopeStack.top().isExecutable) ||
-            (tok->isName() && tok->str().at(tok->str().length()-1U) == ':')) {
+        if (!scopeStack.top().isStructInit &&
+            (tok == list.front() ||
+             Token::Match(tok, "[;{}]") ||
+             (tok->str() == "(" && isFunctionHead(tok,"{")) ||
+             (tok->str() == "(" && !scopeStack.top().isExecutable && isFunctionHead(tok,";:")) ||
+             (tok->str() == "," && !scopeStack.top().isExecutable) ||
+             (tok->isName() && tok->str().at(tok->str().length()-1U) == ':'))) {
 
             // No variable declarations in sizeof
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->previous(), "sizeof (")) {
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index bd0504c84..5cd7068d7 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varid_header); // #6386
         TEST_CASE(varid_rangeBasedFor);
         TEST_CASE(varid_structinit); // #6406
+        TEST_CASE(varid_arrayinit); // #7579
 
         TEST_CASE(varidclass1);
         TEST_CASE(varidclass2);
@@ -2301,6 +2302,10 @@ private:
                                "}"));
     }
 
+    void varid_arrayinit() { // #7579 - no variable declaration in rhs
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("1: void foo ( int * a@1 ) { int b@2 [ 1 ] = { x * a@1 [ 0 ] } ; }\n", tokenize("void foo(int*a) { int b[] = { x*a[0] }; }"));
+    }
+
     void varidclass1() {
         const std::string actual = tokenize(
                                        "class Fred\n"