diff --git a/lib/checknullpointer.cpp b/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
index e1f6303c9..0a3beb70d 100644
--- a/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
+++ b/lib/checknullpointer.cpp
@@ -1104,9 +1104,13 @@ void CheckNullPointer::nullPointerByCheckAndDeRef()
 void CheckNullPointer::nullPointer()
 {
     nullPointerLinkedList();
-    nullPointerStructByDeRefAndChec();
-    nullPointerByDeRefAndChec();
-    nullPointerByCheckAndDeRef();
+
+    if (_settings->isEnabled("warning")) {
+        nullPointerStructByDeRefAndChec();
+        nullPointerByDeRefAndChec();
+        nullPointerByCheckAndDeRef();
+    }
+
     nullPointerDefaultArgument();
 }
 
diff --git a/test/testnullpointer.cpp b/test/testnullpointer.cpp
index eb6384786..56ca6233b 100644
--- a/test/testnullpointer.cpp
+++ b/test/testnullpointer.cpp
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ private:
         errout.str("");
 
         Settings settings;
-        settings.addEnabled("style");
+        settings.addEnabled("warning");
         settings.inconclusive = inconclusive;
 
         // Tokenize..