diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index 5d75f549c..cab57af8f 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
                     varInfo2.erase(tok->tokAt(2)->varId());
                     if (notzero.find(tok->tokAt(2)->varId()) != notzero.end())
                         varInfo2.clear();
-                } else if (Token::Match(tok->next(), "( ! %var% )"))
+                } else if (Token::Match(tok->next(), "( ! %var% )|&&"))
                     varInfo1.erase(tok->tokAt(3)->varId());
 
                 checkScope(tok2->next(), &varInfo1, notzero);
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index 6c5446a16..5e67dfbd5 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(ifelse2);
         TEST_CASE(ifelse3);
         TEST_CASE(ifelse4);
+        TEST_CASE(ifelse5);
 
         // switch
         TEST_CASE(switch1);
@@ -313,6 +314,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void ifelse5() {
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    char *p = malloc(10);\n"
+              "    if (!p && x) { p = malloc(10); }\n"
+              "    free(p);\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void switch1() {
         check("void f() {\n"
               "    char *p = 0;\n"