diff --git a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index d96680b18..8dca31645 100644
--- a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1263,6 +1263,13 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::simplifycode(Token *tok, bool &all)
                 done = false;
             }
 
+            // Reduce "; if(!var) exit ;" => ";"
+            if (Token::Match(tok2, "; if(!var) exit ;"))
+            {
+                Token::eraseTokens(tok2, tok2->tokAt(3));
+                done = false;
+            }
+
             // Remove "catch ;"
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2->next(), "catch ;"))
             {
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index f607daa6b..87275885e 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -456,11 +456,7 @@ private:
         // exit..
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";", simplifycode("; if { alloc; exit; }"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; if { use; exit; }"));
-
-        // Todo..
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ; if(!var) exit ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; if(!var) { exit; }"));
-        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; if(!var) { exit; }"));
-
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; if(!var) { exit; }"));
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS(";", simplifycode("; alloc ; if(var) { exit; }"));
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS(";", simplifycode("; alloc ; ifv { exit; }", false));
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("; alloc ;", simplifycode("; alloc ; ifv { exit; }", true));