diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index 7e6c4f2f5..c2e914c28 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -206,6 +206,30 @@ static bool isPointerReleased(const Token *startToken, const Token *endToken, no
     return false;
 }
 
+static bool checkVariable(const Token *varTok, const bool isCpp)
+{
+    // not a local variable nor argument?
+    const Variable *var = varTok->variable();
+    if (var && !var->isArgument() && (!var->isLocal() || var->isStatic()))
+        return false;
+
+    // Don't check reference variables
+    if (var && var->isReference())
+        return false;
+
+    // non-pod variable
+    if (isCpp) {
+        if (!var)
+            return false;
+        // Possibly automatically deallocated memory
+        if (!var->typeStartToken()->isStandardType() && Token::Match(varTok, "%var% = new"))
+            return false;
+        if (!var->isPointer() && !var->typeStartToken()->isStandardType())
+            return false;
+    }
+    return true;
+}
+
 /** checks if nameToken is a name of a function in a function call:
 *     func(arg)
 * or
@@ -318,26 +342,9 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
                 leakIfAllocated(varTok, *varInfo);
             varInfo->erase(varTok->varId());
 
-            // not a local variable nor argument?
-            const Variable *var = varTok->variable();
-            if (var && !var->isArgument() && (!var->isLocal() || var->isStatic()))
+            if (!checkVariable(varTok, mTokenizer->isCPP()))
                 continue;
 
-            // Don't check reference variables
-            if (var && var->isReference())
-                continue;
-
-            // non-pod variable
-            if (mTokenizer->isCPP()) {
-                if (!var)
-                    continue;
-                // Possibly automatically deallocated memory
-                if (!var->typeStartToken()->isStandardType() && Token::Match(varTok, "%var% = new"))
-                    continue;
-                if (!var->isPointer() && !var->typeStartToken()->isStandardType())
-                    continue;
-            }
-
             // allocation?
             const Token *const fTok = tokRightAstOperand ? tokRightAstOperand->previous() : nullptr;
             if (Token::Match(fTok, "%type% (")) {
@@ -375,6 +382,9 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
             for (const Token *innerTok = tok->tokAt(2); innerTok && innerTok != closingParenthesis; innerTok = innerTok->next()) {
                 // TODO: replace with checkTokenInsideExpression()
 
+                if (!checkVariable(innerTok, mTokenizer->isCPP()))
+                    continue;
+
                 if (Token::Match(innerTok, "%var% =") && innerTok->astParent() == innerTok->next()) {
                     // allocation?
                     // right ast part (after `=` operator)
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index 4780d83b3..8aea0b030 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(ifelse12); // #8340 - if ((*p = malloc(4)) == NULL)
         TEST_CASE(ifelse13); // #8392
         TEST_CASE(ifelse14); // #9130 - if (x == (char*)NULL)
+        TEST_CASE(ifelse15); // #9206 - if (global_ptr = malloc(1))
 
         // switch
         TEST_CASE(switch1);
@@ -1364,6 +1365,23 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void ifelse15() { // #9206
+        check("struct SSS { int a; };\n"
+              "SSS* global_ptr;\n"
+              "void test_alloc() {\n"
+              "   if ( global_ptr = new SSS()) {}\n"
+              "   return;\n"
+              "}", true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("FILE* hFile;\n"
+              "int openFile( void ) {\n"
+              "   if ((hFile = fopen(\"1.txt\", \"wb\" )) == NULL) return 0;\n"
+              "   return 1;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void switch1() {
         check("void f() {\n"
               "    char *p = 0;\n"