diff --git a/lib/ctu.cpp b/lib/ctu.cpp
index 0ee6ab0f0..4d15d26a6 100644
--- a/lib/ctu.cpp
+++ b/lib/ctu.cpp
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static bool isUnsafeFunction(const Tokenizer *tokenizer, const Settings *setting
     if (!argvar->isPointer())
         return false;
     for (const Token *tok2 = scope->bodyStart; tok2 != scope->bodyEnd; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
-        if (Token::simpleMatch(tok2, ") {")) {
+        if (Token::Match(tok2, ")|else {")) {
             tok2 = tok2->linkAt(1);
             if (Token::findmatch(tok2->link(), "return|throw", tok2))
                 return false;
diff --git a/test/testnullpointer.cpp b/test/testnullpointer.cpp
index a0a15a317..64db1006c 100644
--- a/test/testnullpointer.cpp
+++ b/test/testnullpointer.cpp
@@ -2741,6 +2741,17 @@ private:
             "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        // else
+        ctu("void dostuff(int mask, int *p) {\n"
+            "  if (mask == 13) ;\n"
+            "  else *p = 45;\n"
+            "}\n"
+            "\n"
+            "void f() {\n"
+            "  dostuff(0, 0);\n"
+            "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         // ?, &&, ||
         ctu("void dostuff(int mask, int *p) {\n"
             "  x = (mask & 1) ? *p : 0;\n"