diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 00e1674d9..bcf8cad3a 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -344,7 +344,8 @@ CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::functionReturnType(const Function* f
             const Token* tok = tok2->astOperand1();
             if (Token::Match(tok, ".|::"))
                 tok = tok->astOperand2() ? tok->astOperand2() : tok->astOperand1();
-            varid = tok->varId();
+            if (tok)
+                varid = tok->varId();
             break;
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 6fcc82507..6f9ce3b00 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -5712,6 +5712,14 @@ private:
               "    malloc();\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #7182 "crash: CheckMemoryLeak::functionReturnType()"
+        check("template<typename... Ts> auto unary_right_comma (Ts... ts) { return (ts , ...); }\n"
+              "template<typename T, typename... Ts> auto binary_left_comma (T x, Ts... ts) { return (x , ... , ts); }\n"
+              "int main() {\n"
+              "  unary_right_comma (a);\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void smartPointerFunctionParam() {