diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 75444720d..eaa7752fb 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -83,31 +83,18 @@ void CheckOther::checkSizeofWithSilentArrayPointer()
 {
     for (const Token *tok = _tokenizer->tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next())
     {
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "sizeof ( %var% )"))
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "sizeof ( %var% )") || Token::Match(tok, "sizeof %var% "))
         {
-            if (tok->tokAt(2)->varId() > 0)
+            int tokIdx = 1;
+            if (tok->tokAt(tokIdx)->str() == "(") {
+                ++tokIdx;
+            }
+            if (tok->tokAt(tokIdx)->varId() > 0)
             {
-                const Token *declTok = Token::findmatch(_tokenizer->tokens(), "%varid% [", tok->tokAt(2)->varId());
+                const Token *declTok = Token::findmatch(_tokenizer->tokens(), "%varid% [", tok->tokAt(tokIdx)->varId());
                 if (declTok)
                 {
-                    int idx = 2;
-                    bool bracket = false;
-                    while (!Token::simpleMatch(declTok->tokAt(idx), "]") || bracket)
-                    {
-                        if (Token::simpleMatch(declTok->tokAt(idx), "["))
-                        {
-                            bracket = true;
-                        }
-                        else
-                        {
-                            if (Token::simpleMatch(declTok->tokAt(idx), "]"))
-                            {
-                                bracket = false;
-                            }
-                        }
-                        ++idx;
-                    }
-                    if (!(Token::simpleMatch(declTok->tokAt(idx), "] = {")) && !(Token::simpleMatch(declTok->tokAt(idx), "] ;")))
+                    if (!(Token::simpleMatch(declTok->next()->link(), "] = {")) && !(Token::simpleMatch(declTok->next()->link(), "] ;")))
                     {
                         sizeofWithSilentArrayPointerError(tok);
                     }
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 978a0e64a..19326febb 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -1681,6 +1681,16 @@ private:
              );
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    unsigned int a = { 2 };\n"
+              "    unsigned int b[] = { 0 };\n"
+              "    int c[a[b[0]]];\n"
+              "    std::cout << sizeof(c) / sizeof(int) << std::endl;\n"
+              "}\n"
+             );
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+
         check("void f() {\n"
               "    unsigned int a[] = { 1 };\n"
               "    unsigned int b = 2;\n"
@@ -1710,6 +1720,12 @@ private:
              );
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (error) silent pointer of array is passed as parameter to the function sizeof.\n", errout.str());
 
+        check("void f( int a[]) {\n"
+              "    std::cout << sizeof a / sizeof(int) << std::endl;\n"
+              "}\n"
+             );
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (error) silent pointer of array is passed as parameter to the function sizeof.\n", errout.str());
+
         check("void f( int a[3] ) {\n"
               "    std::cout << sizeof(a) / sizeof(int) << std::endl;\n"
               "}\n"