diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index df9ae990d..f02bbc2d0 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -847,7 +847,8 @@ Token *CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::getcode(const Token *tok, std::list<const Toke
                 }
             }
 
-            if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[;{})=] %var%"))
+            if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[;{})=] %var%") ||
+                Token::Match(tok->previous(), "|= %var%"))
             {
                 AllocType dealloc = getDeallocationType(tok, varid);
                 if (dealloc != No)
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 4f4c9a329..a7a8d28cd 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -493,6 +493,8 @@ private:
         // open/close
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;if(var){dealloc;}", getcode("int f; f=open(); if(f>=0)close(f);", "f"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;ifv{;}", getcode("int f; f=open(); if(f!=-1 || x);", "f"));
+
+	ASSERT_EQUALS(";;dealloc;", getcode("int f; e |= fclose(f);", "f"));
     }