diff --git a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
index 0c56e10fb..4048eb928 100644
--- a/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkexceptionsafety.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void CheckExceptionSafety::unsafeNew()
                 localVars.insert(tok->varId());
         }
 
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "; %var% = new %type%"))
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% = new %type%"))
         {
             if (!varname.empty())
             {
@@ -188,6 +188,19 @@ void CheckExceptionSafety::unsafeNew()
                 varname = tok->strAt(1);
         }
 
+        else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% ("))
+        {
+            for (tok = tok->next(); tok && !Token::Match(tok, "[;{}]"); tok = tok->next())
+            {
+                if (tok->str() == varname)
+                {
+                    varname = "";
+                }
+            }
+            if (!tok)
+                break;
+        }
+
         else if (tok->str() == "delete")
         {
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->next(), varname.c_str()) ||
diff --git a/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp b/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
index 7197d64a5..100f83a91 100644
--- a/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
+++ b/test/testexceptionsafety.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,15 @@ private:
               "    B *b = new B;\n"
               "}\n", "A\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // passing pointer to unknown function.. the pointer may be added to some list etc..
+        check("void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    A *a1 = new A;\n"
+              "    add(a1);\n"
+              "    A *a2 = new A;\n"
+              "}\n", "");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void realloc()