diff --git a/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index d110c41eb..fb8f64cd6 100644
--- a/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ TOKEN *CheckMemoryLeakClass::getcode(const TOKEN *tok, std::list<const TOKEN *>
         if ( TOKEN::Match( tok, "[=(,] & %var1% [.[]", varnames ) )
         {
             // todo: better checking
-            addtoken("use");
+            addtoken("&use");
         }
     }
 
@@ -1091,6 +1091,13 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakClass::CheckMemoryLeak_CheckScope( const TOKEN *Tok1, const
         _errorLogger->reportErr( errmsg.str() );
     }
 
+    // Replace "&use" with "use"
+    for ( TOKEN *tok2 = tok; tok2; tok2 = tok2->next() )
+    {
+        if (tok2->str() == "&use")
+            tok2->setstr("use");
+    }
+
     simplifycode( tok );
     //tok->printOut( "simplifycode result" );
 
diff --git a/testmemleak.cpp b/testmemleak.cpp
index 3370b5ea0..f9de11f80 100644
--- a/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ private:
         // TODO TEST_CASE( structmember1 );
 
         TEST_CASE( dealloc_use_1 );     // Deallocate and then use memory
+        TEST_CASE( dealloc_use_2 );     // Deallocate and then use memory. No error if "use" is &var
     }
 
 
@@ -1377,6 +1378,17 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string("[test.cpp:5]: Using \"s\" after it has been deallocated / released\n"), errout.str() );
     }
 
+    void dealloc_use_2()
+    {
+        check( "void f()\n"
+               "{\n"
+               "    char *str;\n"
+               "    free(str);\n"
+               "    foo(&str);\n"
+               "}\n" );
+        ASSERT_EQUALS( std::string(""), errout.str() );
+    }
+
 
 };