diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 66d4fd70b..9bd084595 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1132,6 +1132,13 @@ const Token* CheckUninitVar::isVariableUsage(const Token *vartok, bool pointer,
             return nullptr;
     }
 
+    // LHS in range for loop:
+    if (Token::simpleMatch(valueExpr->astParent(), ":") &&
+        astIsLhs(valueExpr) &&
+        valueExpr->astParent()->astParent() &&
+        Token::simpleMatch(valueExpr->astParent()->astParent()->previous(), "for ("))
+        return nullptr;
+
     // Stream read/write
     // FIXME this code is a hack!!
     if (mTokenizer->isCPP() && Token::Match(valueExpr->astParent(), "<<|>>")) {
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 9aaa024c1..72a684aac 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -4121,14 +4121,20 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
-    void uninitvar_rangeBasedFor() { // #7078
-        checkUninitVar("void function(Entry& entry) {\n"
+    void uninitvar_rangeBasedFor() {
+        checkUninitVar("void function(Entry& entry) {\n" // #7078
                        "    for (auto* expr : entry.exprs) {\n"
                        "        expr->operate();\n"
                        "        expr->operate();\n"
                        "    }\n"
                        "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        checkUninitVar("void f() {\n"
+                       "    int *item;\n"
+                       "    for (item: itemList) {}\n"
+                       "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void uninitvar_static() { // #8734