diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index a273a9dbe..aef0b7825 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -815,18 +815,20 @@ void CheckClass::initializationListUsage()
                 break;
             if (Token::Match(tok, "try|do {"))
                 break;
-            if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% = %any%")) {
+            if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% = %any%") && tok->strAt(-1) != "*") {
                 const Variable* var = tok->variable();
                 if (var && var->scope() == owner && !var->isStatic()) {
+                    if (var->isPointer() || var->isReference() || (!var->type() && !var->isStlStringType() && !(Token::Match(var->typeStartToken(), "std :: %type% <") && !Token::simpleMatch(var->typeStartToken()->linkAt(3), "> ::"))))
+                        continue;
+
                     bool allowed = true;
                     for (const Token* tok2 = tok->tokAt(2); tok2 && tok2->str() != ";"; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
-                        if (tok2->varId()) {
-                            const Variable* var2 = tok2->variable();
-                            if (var2 && var2->scope() == owner &&
-                                tok2->strAt(-1)!=".") { // Is there a dependency between two member variables?
+                        const Variable* var2 = tok2->variable();
+                        if (var2) {
+                            if (var2->scope() == owner && tok2->strAt(-1)!=".") { // Is there a dependency between two member variables?
                                 allowed = false;
                                 break;
-                            } else if (var2 && (var2->isArray() && var2->isLocal())) { // Can't initialize with a local array
+                            } else if (var2->isArray() && var2->isLocal()) { // Can't initialize with a local array
                                 allowed = false;
                                 break;
                             }
@@ -840,8 +842,8 @@ void CheckClass::initializationListUsage()
                     }
                     if (!allowed)
                         continue;
-                    if (!var->isPointer() && !var->isReference() && (var->type() || var->isStlStringType() || (Token::Match(var->typeStartToken(), "std :: %type% <") && !Token::simpleMatch(var->typeStartToken()->linkAt(3), "> ::"))))
-                        suggestInitializationList(tok, tok->str());
+
+                    suggestInitializationList(tok, tok->str());
                 }
             }
         }
diff --git a/lib/checkio.cpp b/lib/checkio.cpp
index 0d18df9cf..e6107b025 100644
--- a/lib/checkio.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkio.cpp
@@ -415,28 +415,28 @@ void CheckIO::invalidScanf()
 void CheckIO::invalidScanfError(const Token *tok)
 {
 
-        reportError(tok, Severity::warning,
-                    "invalidscanf", "scanf without field width limits can crash with huge input data.\n"
-                    "scanf without field width limits can crash with huge input data. Add a field width "
-                    "specifier to fix this problem:\n"
-                    "    %s => %20s\n"
-                    "\n"
-                    "Sample program that can crash:\n"
-                    "\n"
-                    "#include <stdio.h>\n"
-                    "int main()\n"
-                    "{\n"
-                    "    char c[5];\n"
-                    "    scanf(\"%s\", c);\n"
-                    "    return 0;\n"
-                    "}\n"
-                    "\n"
-                    "Typing in 5 or more characters may make the program crash. The correct usage "
-                    "here is 'scanf(\"%4s\", c);', as the maximum field width does not include the "
-                    "terminating null byte.\n"
-                    "Source: http://linux.die.net/man/3/scanf\n"
-                    "Source: http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-1456.1.26/libkern/stdio/scanf.c"
-                   );
+    reportError(tok, Severity::warning,
+                "invalidscanf", "scanf without field width limits can crash with huge input data.\n"
+                "scanf without field width limits can crash with huge input data. Add a field width "
+                "specifier to fix this problem:\n"
+                "    %s => %20s\n"
+                "\n"
+                "Sample program that can crash:\n"
+                "\n"
+                "#include <stdio.h>\n"
+                "int main()\n"
+                "{\n"
+                "    char c[5];\n"
+                "    scanf(\"%s\", c);\n"
+                "    return 0;\n"
+                "}\n"
+                "\n"
+                "Typing in 5 or more characters may make the program crash. The correct usage "
+                "here is 'scanf(\"%4s\", c);', as the maximum field width does not include the "
+                "terminating null byte.\n"
+                "Source: http://linux.die.net/man/3/scanf\n"
+                "Source: http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/xnu/xnu-1456.1.26/libkern/stdio/scanf.c"
+               );
 }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 62aa97f53..47025d714 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -5958,6 +5958,14 @@ private:
                                      "    }\n"
                                      "};");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        checkInitializationListUsage("class B {\n" // #5640
+                                     "    std::shared_ptr<A> _d;\n"
+                                     "    B(const B& other) : _d(std::make_shared<A>()) {\n"
+                                     "        *_d = *other._d;\n"
+                                     "    }\n"
+                                     "};");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }