diff --git a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index ef1e458d2..ad9f5c4ad 100644
--- a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakClass::CheckMemoryLeak_CheckScope(const Token *Tok1, const c
 
     else if ((result = Token::findmatch(tok, "dealloc ; dealloc ;")) != NULL)
     {
-        _errorLogger->reportErr(ErrorMessage::deallocDealloc(_tokenizer, result->tokAt(2)));
+        _errorLogger->reportErr(ErrorMessage::deallocDealloc(_tokenizer, result->tokAt(2), varname));
     }
 
     else if (! Token::findmatch(tok, "dealloc") &&
diff --git a/src/errormessage.h b/src/errormessage.h
index eccd12032..7e2530833 100644
--- a/src/errormessage.h
+++ b/src/errormessage.h
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ public:
         return true;
     }
 
-    static std::string deallocDealloc(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Token *Location)
+    static std::string deallocDealloc(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Token *Location, const std::string &varname)
     {
-        return msg1(tokenizer, Location) + "Deallocating a deallocated pointer";
+        return msg1(tokenizer, Location) + "Deallocating a deallocated pointer: " + varname + "";
     }
     static bool deallocDealloc(const Settings &s)
     {
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 9adbc2e85..a11db3e62 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -1617,7 +1617,7 @@ private:
               "    free(str);\n"
               "    free(str);\n"
               "}\n");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string("[test.cpp:5]: Deallocating a deallocated pointer\n"), errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(std::string("[test.cpp:5]: Deallocating a deallocated pointer: str\n"), errout.str());
     }
 
     void freefree2()
diff --git a/tools/errmsg.cpp b/tools/errmsg.cpp
index eccb7d59e..2441454c7 100644
--- a/tools/errmsg.cpp
+++ b/tools/errmsg.cpp
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ int main()
     err.push_back(Message("mismatchAllocDealloc", Message::std, "Mismatching allocation and deallocation: %1", "varname"));
     err.push_back(Message("memleak", Message::std, "Memory leak: %1", "varname"));
     err.push_back(Message("resourceLeak", Message::std, "Resource leak: %1", "varname"));
-    err.push_back(Message("deallocDealloc", Message::std, "Deallocating a deallocated pointer"));
+    err.push_back(Message("deallocDealloc", Message::std, "Deallocating a deallocated pointer: %1", "varname"));
 
     // checkother.cpp..
     err.push_back(Message("cstyleCast", Message::style, "C-style pointer casting"));