diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 2ed4adcf1..bf9b772b1 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1302,7 +1302,7 @@ bool CheckUninitVar::checkScopeForVariable(const Token *tok, const Variable& var
                     for (const Token *tok2 = tok; tok2 && tok2 != tok->link(); tok2 = tok2->next()) {
                         if (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}.] %name% = - %name% ;"))
                             varValueIf[tok2->next()->varId()] = NOT_ZERO;
-                        if (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}.] %name% = %num% ;"))
+                        else if (Token::Match(tok2, "[;{}.] %name% = %num% ;"))
                             varValueIf[tok2->next()->varId()] = (int)MathLib::toLongNumber(tok2->strAt(3));
                     }
                 }