diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index a68f0dfdb..b9dbc4e9b 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1739,7 +1739,7 @@ void CheckOther::charBitOpError(const Token *tok)
 
 static bool isType(const Token * tok, bool unknown)
 {
-    if (tok && (tok->isStandardType() || (!tok->isKeyword() && Token::Match(tok, "%type%"))))
+    if (tok && (tok->isStandardType() || (!tok->isKeyword() && Token::Match(tok, "%type%")) || tok->str() == "auto"))
         return true;
     if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "::"))
         return isType(tok->astOperand2(), unknown);
diff --git a/test/testincompletestatement.cpp b/test/testincompletestatement.cpp
index 37a017cde..98a1caa05 100644
--- a/test/testincompletestatement.cpp
+++ b/test/testincompletestatement.cpp
@@ -677,6 +677,11 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (warning, inconclusive) Found suspicious operator '+', result is not used.\n"
                       "[test.cpp:5]: (warning, inconclusive) Found suspicious operator '+', result is not used.\n",
                       errout.str());
+
+        check("void f(XMLElement& parent) {\n" // #11234
+              "    auto** elem = &parent.firstChild;\n"
+              "}\n", /*inconclusive*/ true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void vardecl() {