diff --git a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
index ff79cdd28..e424831fb 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -175,9 +175,9 @@ void CheckUnusedFunctions::parseTokens(const Tokenizer &tokenizer, const char Fi
             funcname = tok->next();
         }
 
-        else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}.,()[=+-/|!?:] &| %var% [(),;:}]")) {
+        else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}.,()[=+-/|!?:] &| %var% [(),;]:}]")) {
             funcname = tok->next();
-            if (tok->str() == "&")
+            if (funcname->str() == "&")
                 funcname = funcname->next();
         }
 
diff --git a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
index 0b969e81e..6f8555333 100644
--- a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(attribute); // #3471 - FP __attribute__(constructor)
         TEST_CASE(initializer_list);
         TEST_CASE(member_function_ternary);
+        TEST_CASE(boost);
 
         TEST_CASE(multipleFiles);   // same function name in multiple files
 
@@ -310,6 +311,12 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void boost() {
+        check("static void _xy(const char *b, const char *e)\n"
+              "{}\n"
+              "parse(line, blanks_p >> ident[&_xy] >> blanks_p >> eol_p).full");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
 
     void multipleFiles() {
         CheckUnusedFunctions c;