diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index 207458b3f..52ff2b449 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -1361,7 +1361,8 @@ void CheckClass::checkMemset()
                         if (numIndirToVariableType == 1)
                             type = var->typeScope();
 
-                        if (!type && !var->isPointer() && mSettings->library.detectContainerOrIterator(var->typeStartToken())) {
+                        if (!type && !var->isPointer() && !Token::simpleMatch(var->typeStartToken(), "std :: array") &&
+                            mSettings->library.detectContainerOrIterator(var->typeStartToken())) {
                             memsetError(tok, tok->str(), var->getTypeName(), {}, /*isContainer*/ true);
                         }
                     }
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index e0bf7916a..6967e685a 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -3146,6 +3146,12 @@ private:
                       "    f<P>(Dst, Src, 2);\n"
                       "}\n", s);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        checkNoMemset("void f() {\n"
+                      "    std::array<char, 4> a;\n"
+                      "    std::memset(&a, 0, 4);\n"
+                      "}\n", s);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void memsetOnInvalid() { // Ticket #5425