diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index cce0e0fc2..a1a133008 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -1354,7 +1354,7 @@ void CheckClass::checkMemset()
                         if (numIndirToVariableType == 1)
                             type = var->typeScope();
 
-                        if (!type && mSettings->library.detectContainerOrIterator(var->typeStartToken())) {
+                        if (!type && !var->isPointer() && mSettings->library.detectContainerOrIterator(var->typeStartToken())) {
                             memsetError(tok, tok->str(), var->getTypeName(), {}, /*isContainer*/ true);
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 683739cc1..ca950e27b 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -3119,6 +3119,18 @@ private:
                       "    memcpy(&s, c, strlen(c) + 1);\n"
                       "}\n", s);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Using 'memcpy' on std::string.\n", errout.str());
+
+        checkNoMemset("template <typename T>\n"
+                      "    void f(T* dst, const T* src, int N) {\n"
+                      "    std::memcpy(dst, src, N * sizeof(T));\n"
+                      "}\n"
+                      "void g() {\n"
+                      "    typedef std::vector<int>* P;\n"
+                      "    P Src[2]{};\n"
+                      "    P Dst[2];\n"
+                      "    f<P>(Dst, Src, 2);\n"
+                      "}\n", s);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void memsetOnInvalid() { // Ticket #5425