diff --git a/lib/checkbool.cpp b/lib/checkbool.cpp
index 6f847cdeb..a385d8336 100644
--- a/lib/checkbool.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbool.cpp
@@ -57,10 +57,8 @@ void CheckBool::checkIncrementBoolean()
     const SymbolDatabase *symbolDatabase = mTokenizer->getSymbolDatabase();
     for (const Scope * scope : symbolDatabase->functionScopes) {
         for (const Token* tok = scope->bodyStart->next(); tok != scope->bodyEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
-            if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% ++")) {
-                const Variable *var = tok->variable();
-                if (isBool(var))
-                    incrementBooleanError(tok);
+            if (astIsBool(tok) && tok->astParent() && tok->astParent()->str() == "++") {
+                incrementBooleanError(tok);
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/testbool.cpp b/test/testbool.cpp
index c50066d77..385a984c5 100644
--- a/test/testbool.cpp
+++ b/test/testbool.cpp
@@ -857,6 +857,16 @@ private:
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (style) Incrementing a variable of type 'bool' with postfix operator++ is deprecated by the C++ Standard. You should assign it the value 'true' instead.\n", errout.str());
 
+        check("void f(bool* test){\n"
+              "    (*test)++;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (style) Incrementing a variable of type 'bool' with postfix operator++ is deprecated by the C++ Standard. You should assign it the value 'true' instead.\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void f(bool* test){\n"
+              "    test[0]++;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (style) Incrementing a variable of type 'bool' with postfix operator++ is deprecated by the C++ Standard. You should assign it the value 'true' instead.\n", errout.str());
+
         check("void f(int test){\n"
               "    test++;\n"
               "}");