diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index f98a9c014..409381a25 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -2999,7 +2999,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakStructMember::check()
                     break;
 
                 // Struct member is allocated => check if it is also properly deallocated..
-                else if (Token::Match(tok2, "%varid% . %var% = malloc|strdup|kmalloc (", vartok->varId()))
+                else if (Token::Match(tok2->previous(), "[;{}] %varid% . %var% = malloc|strdup|kmalloc (", vartok->varId()))
                 {
                     const unsigned int structid(vartok->varId());
                     const unsigned int structmemberid(tok2->tokAt(2)->varId());
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 6699e56ac..713179a00 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -4253,7 +4253,8 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(ret2);
 
         // assignments
-        TEST_CASE(assign);
+        TEST_CASE(assign1);
+        TEST_CASE(assign2);
 
         // Failed allocation
         TEST_CASE(failedAllocation);
@@ -4356,7 +4357,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
-    void assign()
+    void assign1()
     {
         check("static void foo()\n"
               "{\n"
@@ -4385,6 +4386,15 @@ private:
 
     }
 
+    void assign2()
+    {
+        check("static void foo() {\n"
+              "    struct ABC *abc = malloc(123);\n"
+              "    abc->a = abc->b = malloc(10)\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void failedAllocation()
     {
         check("static struct ABC * foo()\n"