diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 7f09418f0..87ea0e806 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -5090,7 +5090,7 @@ static void valueFlowSmartPointer(TokenList *tokenlist, ErrorLogger * errorLogge
                 values.push_back(v);
                 valueFlowForwardAssign(tok, var, values, false, true, tokenlist, errorLogger, settings);
             }
-        } else if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% . reset (")) {
+        } else if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% . reset (") && tok->next()->originalName() != "->") {
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(3), "( )")) {
                 std::list<ValueFlow::Value> values;
                 ValueFlow::Value v(0);
@@ -5106,7 +5106,7 @@ static void valueFlowSmartPointer(TokenList *tokenlist, ErrorLogger * errorLogge
                 const bool constValue = inTok->isNumber();
                 valueFlowForwardAssign(inTok, var, values, constValue, false, tokenlist, errorLogger, settings);
             }
-        } else if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% . release ( )")) {
+        } else if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% . release ( )") && tok->next()->originalName() != "->") {
             std::list<ValueFlow::Value> values;
             ValueFlow::Value v(0);
             v.setKnown();
diff --git a/test/testnullpointer.cpp b/test/testnullpointer.cpp
index 6922e11df..ecc7afa41 100644
--- a/test/testnullpointer.cpp
+++ b/test/testnullpointer.cpp
@@ -2339,6 +2339,17 @@ private:
               "    p.reset(new const A*[n]);\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #9216
+        check("struct A {\n"
+              "    void reset();\n"
+              "    void f();\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "void g(std::unique_ptr<A> var) {\n"
+              "    var->reset();\n"
+              "    var->f();\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void functioncall() {    // #3443 - function calls