diff --git a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
index 09e1f0bca..6e079c9b7 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
@@ -1364,6 +1364,11 @@ void CheckUnusedVar::checkStructMemberUsage()
         if (Token::findmatch(scope->classEnd, castPattern.c_str()))
             continue;
 
+        // (struct S){..}
+        const std::string initPattern("( struct| " + scope->className + " ) {");
+        if (Token::findmatch(scope->classEnd, initPattern.c_str()))
+            continue;
+
         // Bail out if struct is used in sizeof..
         for (const Token *tok = scope->classEnd; nullptr != (tok = Token::findsimplematch(tok, "sizeof ("));) {
             tok = tok->tokAt(2);
diff --git a/test/testunusedvar.cpp b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
index 3b21ed318..bca428583 100644
--- a/test/testunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(structmember11); // #4168 - initialization with {} / passed by address to unknown function
         TEST_CASE(structmember12); // #7179 - FP unused structmember
         TEST_CASE(structmember13); // #3088 - __attribute__((packed))
+        TEST_CASE(structmember14); // #6508 - (struct x){1,2,..}
         TEST_CASE(structmember_sizeof);
 
         TEST_CASE(localvar1);
@@ -439,6 +440,14 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void structmember14() { // #6508
+        checkStructMemberUsage("struct bstr { char *bstart; size_t len; };\n"
+                               "struct bstr bstr0(void) {\n"
+                               "  return (struct bstr){\"hello\",6};\n"
+                               "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void structmember_extern() {
         // extern struct => no false positive
         checkStructMemberUsage("extern struct AB\n"