diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index 63accecf9..bf8b96cde 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -914,6 +914,11 @@ void CheckClass::noMemset()
                     // 3 arguments.
                     continue;
 
+                // Check if it's not a pointer to pointer
+                if (arg1->variable() && arg1->variable()->typeEndToken() &&
+                    Token::Match(arg1->variable()->typeEndToken()->previous(), "* *"))
+                    continue;
+
                 const Token *typeTok = 0;
                 const Scope *type = 0;
                 if (Token::Match(arg3, "sizeof ( %type% ) )"))
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index bc9f4af2f..195e5deca 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -2219,6 +2219,17 @@ private:
                       "    memset(&fred, 0, sizeof(fred));\n"
                       "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:10]: (error) Using 'memset' on class that contains a 'std::string'.\n", errout.str());
+
+        checkNoMemset("class A {\n"
+                      "  virtual ~A() { }\n"
+                      "  std::string s;\n"
+                      "};\n"
+                      "int f() {\n"
+                      "  const int N = 10;\n"
+                      "  A** arr = new A*[N];\n"
+                      "  memset(arr, 0, N * sizeof(A*));\n"
+                      "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void memsetOnStruct() {