diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index ebdf008db..0708e2bcf 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ private:
         // Variable declaration..
         if (tok.varId() && Token::Match(&tok, "%var% [[;]")) {
             const Variable* var2 = tok.variable();
-            if (var2 && var2->nameToken() == &tok && !var2->isStatic() && !var2->isExtern() && !var2->isConst()) {
+            if (var2 && var2->nameToken() == &tok && !var2->isStatic() && !var2->isExtern() && !var2->isConst() && !Token::simpleMatch(tok.linkAt(1), "] [")) {
                 if (tok.linkAt(1)) { // array
                     const Token* endtok = tok.next();
                     while (endtok->link())
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 78aadc953..58a387747 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1305,6 +1305,13 @@ private:
                        "    return a[0][1];\n"
                        "}");
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Uninitialized variable: a\n", "", errout.str());
+
+        // # 4740
+        checkUninitVar("void f() {\n"
+                       "    int *a[2][19];\n"
+                       "    int **b = a[0];\n"
+                       "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     // alloc..