diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index cbb7bd954..a53a06d5b 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -75,10 +75,18 @@ bool CheckMemoryLeak::isclass(const Tokenizer *_tokenizer, const Token *tok) con
     if (tok->isStandardType())
         return false;
 
-    std::ostringstream pattern;
-    pattern << "struct " << tok->str();
-    if (Token::findmatch(_tokenizer->tokens(), pattern.str().c_str()))
-        return false;
+    // return false if the type is a simple struct without member functions
+    const std::string pattern("struct " + tok->str() + " {");
+    const Token *tok2 = Token::findmatch(_tokenizer->tokens(), pattern.c_str());
+    if (tok2)
+    {
+        while (tok2 && tok2->str() != "}" && tok2->str() != "(")
+            tok2 = tok2->next();
+
+        // Simple struct => return false
+        if (tok2 && tok2->str() == "}")
+            return false;
+    }
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 4fbf3832b..c23d64395 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ private:
 
         // detect leak in class member function..
         TEST_CASE(class1);
+        TEST_CASE(class2);
 
         TEST_CASE(autoptr1);
         TEST_CASE(if_with_and);
@@ -2518,6 +2519,37 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:7]: (error) Memory leak: p\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void class2()
+    {
+        check("class Fred {\n"
+              "public:\n"
+              "    Fred() : rootNode(0) {}\n"
+              "\n"
+              "private:\n"
+              "    struct Node {\n"
+              "        Node(Node* p) {\n"
+              "            parent = p;\n"
+              "            if (parent) {\n"
+              "                parent->children.append(this);\n"
+              "            }\n"
+              "        }\n"
+              "\n"
+              "        ~Node() {\n"
+              "            qDeleteAll(children);\n"
+              "        }\n"
+              "\n"
+              "        QList<Node*> children;\n"
+              "    };\n"
+              "\n"
+              "    Node rootNode;\n"
+              "\n"
+              "    void f() {\n"
+              "        Node* recordNode = new Node(&rootNode);\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "};");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
 
     void autoptr1()
     {