diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index e46f7c4dc..71d87c7ee 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -2192,6 +2192,8 @@ void CheckOther::checkZeroDivisionOrUselessCondition()
                         ftok = ftok ? ftok->previous() : NULL;
                     }
                     ftok = ftok ? ftok->previous() : NULL;
+                    if (!ftok)
+                        continue;
                     if (!Token::Match(ftok, "%var% (") && ftok->function())
                         continue;
 
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 9afca01fd..0a82c6567 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -508,6 +508,15 @@ private:
               "  while (y || x == 0) { x--; }\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // ticket 5033 segmentation fault (valid code) in CheckOther::checkZeroDivisionOrUselessCondition
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "double* p1= new double[1];\n"
+              "double* p2= new double[1];\n"
+              "double* p3= new double[1];\n"
+              "double* pp[3] = {p1,p2,p3};\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void nanInArithmeticExpression() {