diff --git a/lib/astutils.cpp b/lib/astutils.cpp
index fb84b502d..2580e550f 100644
--- a/lib/astutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/astutils.cpp
@@ -1108,6 +1108,13 @@ struct FwdAnalysis::Result FwdAnalysis::checkRecursive(const Token *expr, const
             // TODO
             return Result(Result::Type::BAILOUT);
 
+        if (const Token *lambdaEndToken = findLambdaEndToken(tok)) {
+            tok = lambdaEndToken;
+            const Result lambdaResult = checkRecursive(expr, lambdaEndToken->link()->next(), lambdaEndToken, exprVarIds, local);
+            if (lambdaResult.type == Result::Type::READ || lambdaResult.type == Result::Type::BAILOUT)
+                return lambdaResult;
+        }
+
         if (Token::Match(tok, "return|throw")) {
             // TODO: Handle these better
             // Is expr variable used in expression?
diff --git a/test/testunusedvar.cpp b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
index bdc0e4cec..25cd44aa3 100644
--- a/test/testunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(localvarFuncPtr); // #7194
         TEST_CASE(localvarAddr); // #7477
         TEST_CASE(localvarDelete);
-        TEST_CASE(localvarReturnCallLambda); // #8941
+        TEST_CASE(localvarLambda); // #8941
 
         TEST_CASE(localvarCppInitialization);
         TEST_CASE(localvarCpp11Initialization);
@@ -4233,12 +4233,19 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
-    void localvarReturnCallLambda() {
+    void localvarLambda() {
         functionVariableUsage("int foo() {\n"
                               "    auto f = []{return 1};\n"
                               "    return f();\n"
                               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        functionVariableUsage("int foo() {\n"
+                              "    auto f = []{return 1};\n"
+                              "    auto g = []{return 1};\n"
+                              "    return f() + g();\n"
+                              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void localvarCppInitialization() {