diff --git a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
index cc5421df4..630b01d8b 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
@@ -1127,7 +1127,7 @@ void CheckUnusedVar::checkFunctionVariableUsage()
                 unreadVariableError(usage._lastAccess, varname);
 
             // variable has been read but not written
-            else if (!usage._write && !usage._allocateMemory && !var->isStlType() && var && !isEmptyType(var->type()))
+            else if (!usage._write && !usage._allocateMemory && var && !var->isStlType() && !isEmptyType(var->type()))
                 unassignedVariableError(usage._var->nameToken(), varname);
         }
     }