diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index e1ec50c1e..a9be46436 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -3217,7 +3217,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkSignOfUnsignedVariable()
                 const Variable *var = tok->tokAt(2)->variable();
                 if (var && var->typeEndToken()->isUnsigned())
                     unsignedLessThanZeroError(tok, var->name(), inconclusive);
-                else if (var && var->isPointer() && !Token::Match(tok->tokAt(3), "[.[]"))
+                else if (var && var->isPointer() && !Token::Match(tok->tokAt(3), "[.[(]"))
                     pointerLessThanZeroError(tok, inconclusive);
             } else if (Token::Match(tok, "0 <= %var%") && tok->tokAt(2)->varId() && !Token::Match(tok->tokAt(3), "+|-|*|/") && !Token::Match(tok->previous(), "+|-|<<|>>|~")) {
                 const Variable *var = tok->tokAt(2)->variable();
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index e89001c42..310620d29 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -4949,6 +4949,22 @@ private:
             "    bar();\n"
             "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check_signOfUnsignedVariable(
+            "void foo() {\n"
+            "  int (*t)(void *a, void *b);\n"
+            "  if (t(a, b) < 0)\n"
+            "    bar();\n"
+            "}");  
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check_signOfUnsignedVariable(
+            "void foo() {\n"
+            "  int (*t)(void *a, void *b);\n"
+            "  if (0 > t(a, b))\n"
+            "    bar();\n"
+            "}");  
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void checkForSuspiciousSemicolon1() {