diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 90e3268a3..7a1045baa 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1397,6 +1397,9 @@ bool CheckUninitVar::checkScopeForVariable(const Scope* scope, const Token *tok,
                 if (isMemberVariableUsage(tok, var.isPointer(), membervar))
                     uninitStructMemberError(tok, tok->str() + "." + membervar);
 
+                else if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[(,] %var% [,)]"))
+                    return true;
+
             } else {
                 // Use variable
                 if (!suppressErrors && isVariableUsage(tok, var.isPointer(), _tokenizer->isCPP()))
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index e92e133d6..2adb164ff 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -2506,6 +2506,15 @@ private:
                         "    a(&c);\n"
                         "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        checkUninitVar2("struct ABC { int a; };\n"  // struct initialization
+                        "void clear(struct ABC &abc);\n"
+                        "int f() {\n"
+                        "    struct ABC abc;\n"
+                        "    clear(abc);\n"
+                        "    return abc.a;\n"
+                        "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void uninitvar2_value() {