diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 4bc3bc799..6270aa5e9 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1448,6 +1448,13 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::simplifycode(Token *tok, bool &all)
                 continue;
             }
 
+            // Reduce "alloc loop !var alloc ;" => "alloc ;"
+            if (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}] alloc ; loop !var alloc ;"))
+            {
+                Token::eraseTokens(tok2, tok2->tokAt(5));
+                done = false;
+            }
+
             // Reduce "if(var) dealloc ;" and "if(var) use ;" that is not followed by an else..
             if (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}] if(var) assign|dealloc|use ; !!else"))
             {
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index e660c15d0..0fb93508b 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -555,6 +555,12 @@ private:
                 Token::eraseTokens(tok, tok->tokAt(5));
                 tok->str("if(!var)");
             }
+
+            else if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "! var"))
+            {
+                tok->deleteNext();
+                tok->str("!var");
+            }
         }
 
         Settings settings;
@@ -635,6 +641,8 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ; alloc ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; do { alloc ; } loop ;"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; exit ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; do { } loop ; exit ;"));
 
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; loop !var alloc ;"));
+
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ; dealloc ; return ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; while1 { if { dealloc ; return ; } }"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ; dealloc ; return ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; while1 { if { dealloc ; return ; } if { continue ; } }"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; while1 { if { dealloc ; return ; } if { break ; } }"));