diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 128e7f5e9..7498285ad 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@ void SymbolDatabase::createSymbolDatabaseSetFunctionPointers(bool firstPass)
 
     // Set function call pointers
     for (const Token* tok = mTokenizer.list.front(); tok != mTokenizer.list.back(); tok = tok->next()) {
-        if (tok->isName() && !tok->function() && tok->varId() == 0 && Token::Match(tok, "%name% [{(,)>;]") && !isReservedName(tok->str())) {
+        if (tok->isName() && !tok->function() && tok->varId() == 0 && ((tok->astParent() && tok->astParent()->isComparisonOp()) || Token::Match(tok, "%name% [{(,)>;]")) && !isReservedName(tok->str())) {
             if (tok->next()->str() == ">" && !tok->next()->link())
                 continue;
 
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index e7d2e45e2..b7e846784 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(findFunction49); // #11888
         TEST_CASE(findFunction50); // #11904 - method with same name and arguments in derived class
         TEST_CASE(findFunction51); // #11975 - method with same name in derived class
+        TEST_CASE(findFunction52);
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionContainer);
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionExternC);
         TEST_CASE(findFunctionGlobalScope); // ::foo
@@ -7558,6 +7559,16 @@ private:
         }
     }
 
+    void findFunction52() {
+        GET_SYMBOL_DB("int g();\n"
+                      "void f() {\n"
+                      "    if (g != 0) {}\n"
+                      "}\n");
+        const Token* g = Token::findsimplematch(tokenizer.tokens(), "g !=");
+        ASSERT(g->function() && g->function()->tokenDef);
+        ASSERT(g->function()->tokenDef->linenr() == 1);
+    }
+
     void findFunctionContainer() {
         {
             GET_SYMBOL_DB("void dostuff(std::vector<int> v);\n"