diff --git a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
index 6f46e7792..ba9168e02 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
@@ -1131,7 +1131,7 @@ void CheckUnusedVar::checkFunctionVariableUsage()
                     case ValueType::Type::UNKNOWN_TYPE:
                     case ValueType::Type::NONSTD:
                     case ValueType::Type::RECORD:
-                        check = tok->valueType()->typeScope && tok->valueType()->typeScope->getDestructor();
+                        check = tok->valueType()->typeScope && !tok->valueType()->typeScope->getDestructor();
                         break;
                     case ValueType::Type::CONTAINER:
                     case ValueType::Type::ITERATOR:
diff --git a/test/testunusedvar.cpp b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
index e2f8d3790..714fc97d4 100644
--- a/test/testunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(localvarthrow); // ticket #3687
 
         TEST_CASE(localVarStd);
+        TEST_CASE(localVarClass);
 
         // Don't give false positives for variables in structs/unions
         TEST_CASE(localvarStruct1);
@@ -4148,6 +4149,25 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void localVarClass() {
+        functionVariableUsage("void f() {\n"
+                              "    Fred f;\n"
+                              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        functionVariableUsage("class C { int x; };\n"
+                              "void f() {\n"
+                              "    C c;\n"
+                              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (style) Unused variable: c\n", errout.str());
+
+        functionVariableUsage("class C { public: C(int); ~C(); };\n"
+                              "void f() {\n"
+                              "    C c(12);\n"
+                              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     // ticket #3104 - false positive when variable is read with "if (NOT var)"
     void localvarIfNOT() {
         functionVariableUsage("void f() {\n"