diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index bc068fb01..19da2bde2 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1103,6 +1103,14 @@ bool CheckUninitVar::checkScopeForVariable(const Token *tok, const unsigned int
             break;
         }
 
+        // Unconditional inner scope..
+        if (tok->str() == "{" && Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[;{}]")) {
+            if (checkScopeForVariable(tok->next(), varid, ispointer, possibleInit))
+                return true;
+            tok = tok->link();
+            continue;
+        }
+
         // Inner scope..
         if (Token::Match(tok, "if (")) {
             // initialization in condition..
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 72c589f3b..de0b3434a 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1775,6 +1775,15 @@ private:
                         "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        // unconditional initialization
+        checkUninitVar2("int f() {\n"
+                        "    int ret;\n"
+                        "    if (a) { ret = 1; }\n"
+                        "    else { {} ret = 2; }\n"
+                        "    return ret;\n"
+                        "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         // conditional initialization
         checkUninitVar2("void f() {\n"
                         "    int x;\n"