diff --git a/lib/checksizeof.cpp b/lib/checksizeof.cpp
index a40a79c9c..c071a8fc5 100644
--- a/lib/checksizeof.cpp
+++ b/lib/checksizeof.cpp
@@ -190,10 +190,10 @@ void CheckSizeof::checkSizeofForPointerSize()
             // looks suspicious
             // Do it for first variable
             if (variable && (Token::Match(tokSize, "sizeof ( &| %varid% )", variable->varId()) ||
-                             Token::Match(tokSize, "sizeof &| %varid%", variable->varId()))) {
+                             Token::Match(tokSize, "sizeof &| %varid% !!.", variable->varId()))) {
                 sizeofForPointerError(variable, variable->str());
             } else if (variable2 && (Token::Match(tokSize, "sizeof ( &| %varid% )", variable2->varId()) ||
-                                     Token::Match(tokSize, "sizeof &| %varid%", variable2->varId()))) {
+                                     Token::Match(tokSize, "sizeof &| %varid% !!.", variable2->varId()))) {
                 sizeofForPointerError(variable2, variable2->str());
             }
         }
diff --git a/test/testsizeof.cpp b/test/testsizeof.cpp
index c6b83ba55..626d18bfb 100644
--- a/test/testsizeof.cpp
+++ b/test/testsizeof.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(sizeofsizeof);
         TEST_CASE(sizeofCalculation);
         TEST_CASE(checkPointerSizeof);
+        TEST_CASE(checkPointerSizeofStruct);
         TEST_CASE(sizeofDivisionMemset);
         TEST_CASE(sizeofForArrayParameter);
         TEST_CASE(sizeofForNumericParameter);
@@ -502,6 +503,14 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void checkPointerSizeofStruct() {
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    struct foo *ptr;\n"
+              "    memset( ptr->bar, 0, sizeof ptr->bar );\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void sizeofDivisionMemset() {
         check("void foo(memoryMapEntry_t* entry, memoryMapEntry_t* memoryMapEnd) {\n"
               "    memmove(entry, entry + 1, (memoryMapEnd - entry) / sizeof(entry));\n"