diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index d99a28d03..61079e36b 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -328,7 +328,8 @@ bool CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
 
         // check each token
         {
-            const Token * nextTok = checkTokenInsideExpression(tok, varInfo);
+            const bool isInit = Token::Match(tok, "%var% {|(") && tok->variable() && tok == tok->variable()->nameToken();
+            const Token * nextTok = isInit ? nullptr : checkTokenInsideExpression(tok, varInfo);
             if (nextTok) {
                 tok = nextTok;
                 continue;
@@ -337,26 +338,28 @@ bool CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
 
 
         // look for end of statement
-        if (!Token::Match(tok, "[;{},]") || Token::Match(tok->next(), "[;{},]"))
+        const bool isInit = Token::Match(tok->tokAt(-1), "%var% {|(") && tok->tokAt(-1)->variable() && tok->tokAt(-1) == tok->tokAt(-1)->variable()->nameToken();
+        if ((!Token::Match(tok, "[;{},]") || Token::Match(tok->next(), "[;{},]")) && !(isInit && tok->str() == "("))
             continue;
 
         if (Token::Match(tok, "[;{},] %var% ["))
             continue;
 
-        tok = tok->next();
+        if (!isInit)
+            tok = tok->next();
         if (!tok || tok == endToken)
             break;
 
         if (Token::Match(tok, "const %type%"))
             tok = tok->tokAt(2);
 
-        while (tok->str() == "(")
+        while (!isInit && tok->str() == "(")
             tok = tok->next();
         while (tok->isUnaryOp("*") && tok->astOperand1()->isUnaryOp("&"))
             tok = tok->astOperand1()->astOperand1();
 
         // parse statement, skip to last member
-        const Token *varTok = tok;
+        const Token* varTok = isInit ? tok->tokAt(-1) : tok;
         while (Token::Match(varTok, "%name% ::|. %name% !!("))
             varTok = varTok->tokAt(2);
 
@@ -381,7 +384,7 @@ bool CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
         };
 
         // assignment..
-        if (const Token* const tokAssignOp = isAssignment(varTok)) {
+        if (const Token* const tokAssignOp = isInit ? varTok : isAssignment(varTok)) {
 
             if (Token::simpleMatch(tokAssignOp->astOperand1(), "."))
                 continue;
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 04a3f2f70..df4a5b531 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -6621,6 +6621,17 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (style, inconclusive) Technically the member function 'S::f' can be const.\n"
                       "[test.cpp:8]: (performance, inconclusive) Technically the member function 'S::g' can be static (but you may consider moving to unnamed namespace).\n",
                       errout.str());
+
+        checkConst("class C {\n" // #11653
+                   "public:\n"
+                   "    void f(bool b) const;\n"
+                   "};\n"
+                   "void C::f(bool b) const {\n"
+                   "    if (b)\n"
+                   "        f(false);\n"
+                   "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5] -> [test.cpp:3]: (performance, inconclusive) Technically the member function 'C::f' can be static (but you may consider moving to unnamed namespace).\n",
+                      errout.str());
     }
 
     void const90() { // #11637
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index 700292c9c..09891cf66 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(assign22); // #9139
         TEST_CASE(assign23);
         TEST_CASE(assign24); // #7440
+        TEST_CASE(assign25);
 
         TEST_CASE(isAutoDealloc);
 
@@ -571,6 +572,16 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.c:5]: (error) Memory leak: p\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void assign25() {
+        check("void f() {\n" // #11796
+              "    int* p{ new int };\n"
+              "    int* q(new int);\n"
+              "}", true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Memory leak: p\n"
+                      "[test.cpp:4]: (error) Memory leak: q\n",
+                      errout.str());
+    }
+
     void isAutoDealloc() {
         check("void f() {\n"
               "    char *p = new char[100];"