diff --git a/lib/exprengine.cpp b/lib/exprengine.cpp
index 300fe693d..3ad2a5445 100644
--- a/lib/exprengine.cpp
+++ b/lib/exprengine.cpp
@@ -2382,8 +2382,16 @@ static std::string execute(const Token *start, const Token *end, Data &data)
     Recursion updateRecursion(&data.recursion, data.recursion);
 
     for (const Token *tok = start; tok != end; tok = tok->next()) {
-        if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}]"))
+        if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{}]")) {
             data.trackProgramState(tok);
+            if (tok->str() == ";") {
+                const Token *prev = tok->previous();
+                while (prev && !Token::Match(prev, "[;{}]"))
+                    prev = prev->previous();
+                if (Token::Match(prev, "[;{}] return|throw"))
+                    return data.str();
+            }
+        }
 
         if (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "__CPPCHECK_BAILOUT__ ;"))
             // This is intended for testing
diff --git a/test/testexprengine.cpp b/test/testexprengine.cpp
index 5b680bf91..152cb6437 100644
--- a/test/testexprengine.cpp
+++ b/test/testexprengine.cpp
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(if5);
         TEST_CASE(ifelse1);
         TEST_CASE(ifif);
+        TEST_CASE(ifreturn);
 
         TEST_CASE(istream);
 
@@ -460,6 +461,19 @@ private:
     }
 
 
+    void ifreturn() { // Early return
+        const char code[] = "void foo(unsigned char x) {\n"
+                            "    if (x > 5) { return; }\n"
+                            "    return x == 13;\n"
+                            "}";
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("(<= $1 5)\n"
+                      "(and (>= $1 0) (<= $1 255))\n"
+                      "(= $1 13)\n"
+                      "z3::unsat\n",
+                      expr(code, "=="));
+    }
+
     void istream() {
         const char code[] = "void foo(const std::string& in) {\n"
                             "    std::istringstream istr(in);\n"