diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 7b769ff58..fc8bd303b 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ void SymbolDatabase::createSymbolDatabaseNeedInitialization()
                             if (var.isClass()) {
                                 if (var.type()) {
                                     // does this type need initialization?
-                                    if (var.type()->needInitialization == Type::NeedInitialization::True)
+                                    if (var.type()->needInitialization == Type::NeedInitialization::True && !var.hasDefault())
                                         needInitialization = true;
                                     else if (var.type()->needInitialization == Type::NeedInitialization::Unknown) {
                                         if (!(var.valueType() && var.valueType()->type == ValueType::CONTAINER))
diff --git a/test/testconstructors.cpp b/test/testconstructors.cpp
index 7a5cc538c..c1a7a0b2b 100644
--- a/test/testconstructors.cpp
+++ b/test/testconstructors.cpp
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(noConstructor10); // ticket #6614
         TEST_CASE(noConstructor11); // ticket #3552
         TEST_CASE(noConstructor12); // #8951 - member initialization
+        TEST_CASE(noConstructor13); // #9998
 
         TEST_CASE(forwardDeclaration); // ticket #4290/#3190
 
@@ -633,6 +634,16 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void noConstructor13() { // #9998
+        check("struct C { int v; };\n"
+              "struct B { C c[5] = {}; };\n"
+              "struct A {\n"
+              "    A() {}\n"
+              "    B b;\n"
+              "};\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     // ticket #4290 "False Positive: style (noConstructor): The class 'foo' does not have a constructor."
     // ticket #3190 "SymbolDatabase: Parse of sub class constructor fails"
     void forwardDeclaration() {