diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index 38af384ea..3163034f6 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -402,6 +402,9 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::functionCall(const Token *tok, VarInfo *varInfo, const in
     std::map<unsigned int, std::string> &possibleUsage = varInfo->possibleUsage;
 
     for (const Token *arg = tok->tokAt(2); arg; arg = arg->nextArgument()) {
+        if (arg->str() == "new")
+            arg = arg->next();
+
         if ((Token::Match(arg, "%var% [-,)]") && arg->varId() > 0) ||
             (Token::Match(arg, "& %var%") && arg->next()->varId() > 0)) {
 
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index 0f9727aaa..acee178dc 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(configuration4);
 
         TEST_CASE(ptrptr);
+
+        TEST_CASE(nestedAllocation);
     }
 
     void check(const char code[]) {
@@ -696,6 +698,20 @@ private:
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.c:3]: (error) Memory leak: p\n", errout.str());
     }
+
+    void nestedAllocation() {
+        check("void QueueDSMCCPacket(unsigned char *data, int length) {\n"
+              "    unsigned char *dataCopy = malloc(length * sizeof(unsigned char));\n"
+              "    m_dsmccQueue.enqueue(new DSMCCPacket(dataCopy));\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.c:4]: (information) --check-library: Function DSMCCPacket() should have <use>/<ignore> configuration\n", errout.str());
+
+        check("void QueueDSMCCPacket(unsigned char *data, int length) {\n"
+              "    unsigned char *dataCopy = malloc(length * sizeof(unsigned char));\n"
+              "    m_dsmccQueue.enqueue(new DSMCCPacket(somethingunrelated));\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.c:4]: (error) Memory leak: dataCopy\n", errout.str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestLeakAutoVar)