diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index 69f603ed5..0bbfe27b9 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -1020,10 +1020,7 @@ bool CheckClass::argsMatch(const Token *first, const Token *second, const std::s
 
         // skip default value assignment
         else if (first->next()->str() == "=")
-        {
             first = first->tokAt(2);
-            continue;
-        }
 
         // definition missing variable name
         else if (first->next()->str() == "," && second->next()->str() != ",")
@@ -1173,7 +1170,7 @@ void CheckClass::constructors()
                     if (classNameUsed)
                         operatorEqVarError(it->token, info->className, var->token->str());
                 }
-                else if (it->access != Private && !var->isStatic)
+                else if (it->access != Private)
                     uninitVarError(it->token, info->className, var->token->str());
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index b7595da76..f6a4d1505 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(uninitVar8);
         TEST_CASE(uninitVar9); // ticket #1730
         TEST_CASE(uninitVar10); // ticket #1993
+        TEST_CASE(uninitVar11);
         TEST_CASE(uninitVarEnum);
         TEST_CASE(uninitVarStream);
         TEST_CASE(uninitVarTypedef);
@@ -1645,6 +1646,18 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:8]: (style) Member variable not initialized in the constructor 'A::var2'\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void uninitVar11()
+    {
+        checkUninitVar("class A {\n"
+                       "public:\n"
+                       "        A(int a = 0);\n"
+                       "private:\n"
+                       "        int var;\n"
+                       "};\n"
+                       "A::A(int a) { }\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:7]: (style) Member variable not initialized in the constructor 'A::var'\n", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void uninitVarArray1()
     {
         checkUninitVar("class John\n"