diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 542710d0b..5636f55a4 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -3883,7 +3883,11 @@ void CheckOther::checkMisusedScopedObject()
                 withinFunction = false;
             }
 
-            if (withinFunction && Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% (") && isIdentifierObjectType(tok))
+            if (withinFunction 
+                && Token::Match(tok, "[;{}] %var% (") 
+                && isIdentifierObjectType(tok)
+                && !Token::Match(tok->tokAt(2)->link(), ") .")
+               )
             {
                 tok = tok->next();
                 misusedScopeObjectError(tok, tok->str());
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 62c463199..3b5ff0f3d 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickConstructorDeclaration);
         TEST_CASE(testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickFunctor);
         TEST_CASE(testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickLocalClassMethod);
+        TEST_CASE(testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickUsedObject);
     }
 
     void check(const char code[])
@@ -3138,6 +3139,20 @@ private:
              );
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
+
+    void testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickUsedObject()
+    {
+        check("struct Foo {\n"
+              "    void bar() {\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "\n"
+              "void fn() {\n"
+              "    Foo().bar();\n"
+              "}\n"
+             );
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestOther)