diff --git a/CheckMemoryLeak.cpp b/CheckMemoryLeak.cpp
index 36923922a..181e00ad9 100644
--- a/CheckMemoryLeak.cpp
+++ b/CheckMemoryLeak.cpp
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ TOKEN *CheckMemoryLeakClass::getcode(const TOKEN *tok, const char varname[])
 
         // if else switch
         if ( Match(tok, "if ( %var1% )", varnames) ||
-             Match(tok, "if ( %var1% != NULL )", varnames)   )
+             Match(tok, "if ( %var1% != 0 )", varnames)   )
         {
             addtoken("if(var)");
             tok = Tokenizer::gettok(tok, 3);   // Make sure the "use" will not be added
diff --git a/testmemleak.cpp b/testmemleak.cpp
index 96298d631..4c7d1e0fc 100644
--- a/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ private:
 
         TEST_CASE( if1 );
         TEST_CASE( if2 );
+        TEST_CASE( if3 );
 
         TEST_CASE( forwhile1 );
         TEST_CASE( forwhile2 );
@@ -412,6 +413,17 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string(""), errout.str() );
     }
 
+    void if3()
+    {
+        check( "void f()\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "    char *s = new char[100];\n"
+               "    if (s != NULL)\n"
+               "        foo(s);\n"
+               "}\n" );
+        ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string(""), errout.str() );
+    }
+