diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index f7aa4ce45..d8533aa4a 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -3199,6 +3199,14 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakStructMember::checkStructVariable(const Token * const vartok
                             deallocated = true;
                             break;
                         }
+
+                        // Linux kernel list
+                        if (Token::Match(tok4, "[(,] & %varid% . %var% [,)]", structid))
+                        {
+                            /** @todo check if the function deallocates the memory */
+                            deallocated = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
                     }
 
                     if (deallocated)
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 3d31079de..71080f83f 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -4982,6 +4982,7 @@ private:
 
         TEST_CASE(function1);   // Deallocating in function
         TEST_CASE(function2);   // #2848: Taking address in function
+        TEST_CASE(function3);   // #3024: kernel list
 
         // Handle if-else
         TEST_CASE(ifelse);
@@ -5176,6 +5177,17 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    // #3024: kernel list
+    void function3()
+    {
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "  struct ABC *abc = kmalloc(100);\n"
+              "  abc.a = (char *) kmalloc(10);\n"
+              "  list_add_tail(&abc->list, head);\n"
+              "}\n", "test.c");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void ifelse()
     {
         check("static void foo()\n"