diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index e0129af71..7dde64e84 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1465,7 +1465,8 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::simplifycode(Token *tok)
     // reduce "; callfunc ; %var%"
     for (Token *tok2 = tok; tok2; tok2 = tok2->next())
     {
-        if (Token::Match(tok2, ";|{|} callfunc ; %type%"))
+        if (Token::Match(tok2, ";|{|} callfunc ; %type%") ||
+            Token::Match(tok2, ";|{|} callfunc ; ;"))
             tok2->deleteNext();
     }
 
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index f71cd1545..b25b3a6ea 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ private:
 
         // callfunc..
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; callfunc ;", simplifycode(";callfunc;"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(";", simplifycode(";callfunc;;"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("while1 { dealloc ; alloc ; } return ; }", simplifycode("while1 { dealloc ; alloc ; } callfunc ; return ; }"));
 
         // exit..