diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index 91c819772..22433df82 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -1179,13 +1179,6 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::checkGlobalAndLocalVariable()
                 type = tok->strAt(4);
                 var = tok->next()->variable();
                 nextTok = 8;
-            } else if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% = %str% ;") &&
-                       tok->next()->variable() &&
-                       tok->next()->variable()->isPointer()) {
-                size = 1 + int(tok->tokAt(3)->strValue().size());
-                type = "char";
-                var = tok->next()->variable();
-                nextTok = 4;
             } else if (Token::Match(tok, "[*;{}] %var% = malloc|alloca ( %num% ) ;")) {
                 size = MathLib::toLongNumber(tok->strAt(5));
                 type = "char";   // minimum type, typesize=1
diff --git a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
index 1666d8ddc..7df55bd29 100644
--- a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -1997,6 +1997,11 @@ private:
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Array 'str[4]' accessed at index 4, which is out of bounds.\n", errout.str());
 
+        check("void f() {\n" // #6973
+              "    const char *name = \"\";\n"
+              "    if ( name[0] == 'U' ? name[1] : 0) {}\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void array_index_same_struct_and_var_name() {