diff --git a/cfg/std.cfg b/cfg/std.cfg
index fad093880..2ebd2c42d 100644
--- a/cfg/std.cfg
+++ b/cfg/std.cfg
@@ -1058,6 +1058,7 @@
   <!-- size_t fread(void *ptr, size_t size, size_t nobj, FILE *stream); -->
   <function name="fread,std::fread">
     <noreturn>false</noreturn>
+    <use-retval/>
     <leak-ignore/>
     <arg nr="1">
       <not-null/>
diff --git a/test/cfg/std.c b/test/cfg/std.c
index 0fea8bef0..032b51f52 100644
--- a/test/cfg/std.c
+++ b/test/cfg/std.c
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ void bufferAccessOutOfBounds(void)
     // cppcheck-suppress bufferAccessOutOfBounds
     // cppcheck-suppress redundantCopy
     strncpy(a,"abcde",6);
-    fread(a,1,5,stdin);
+    (void)fread(a,1,5,stdin);
     // cppcheck-suppress bufferAccessOutOfBounds
-    fread(a,1,6,stdin);
+    (void)fread(a,1,6,stdin);
     fwrite(a,1,5,stdout);
     // cppcheck-suppress bufferAccessOutOfBounds
-    fread(a,1,6,stdout);
+    (void)fread(a,1,6,stdout);
 }
 
 // memory leak