diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index 2314c6925..005c86961 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -930,21 +930,21 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::ret(const Token *tok, const VarInfo &varInfo)
         if (var) {
             bool used = false;
             for (const Token *tok2 = tok; tok2; tok2 = tok2->next()) {
-                if (tok2->str() == ";" || Token::simpleMatch(tok2, "return ;"))
+                if (tok2->str() == ";")
                     break;
                 if (!Token::Match(tok2, "return|(|{|,"))
                     continue;
 
-                tok2 = tok2->next();
-                while (tok2 && tok2->isCast() && tok2->valueType() &&
-                       (tok2->valueType()->pointer ||
-                        (tok2->valueType()->typeSize(*mSettings) == 0) ||
-                        (tok2->valueType()->typeSize(*mSettings) >= mSettings->sizeof_pointer)))
-                    tok2 = tok2->astOperand2() ? tok2->astOperand2() : tok2->astOperand1();
-                if (Token::Match(tok2, "%varid%", varid))
-                    tok2 = tok2->next();
-                else if (Token::Match(tok2, "& %varid% . %name%", varid))
-                    tok2 = tok2->tokAt(4);
+                const Token* tok3 = tok2->next();
+                while (tok3 && tok3->isCast() && tok3->valueType() &&
+                       (tok3->valueType()->pointer ||
+                        (tok3->valueType()->typeSize(*mSettings) == 0) ||
+                        (tok3->valueType()->typeSize(*mSettings) >= mSettings->sizeof_pointer)))
+                    tok3 = tok3->astOperand2() ? tok3->astOperand2() : tok3->astOperand1();
+                if (Token::Match(tok3, "%varid%", varid))
+                    tok2 = tok3->next();
+                else if (Token::Match(tok3, "& %varid% . %name%", varid))
+                    tok2 = tok3->tokAt(4);
                 else
                     continue;
                 if (Token::Match(tok2, "[});,]")) {
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index 39d4d5276..97a0c3483 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -154,6 +154,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(return5);
         TEST_CASE(return6); // #8282 return {p, p}
         TEST_CASE(return7); // #9343 return (uint8_t*)x
+        TEST_CASE(return8);
 
         // General tests: variable type, allocation type, etc
         TEST_CASE(test1);
@@ -1758,6 +1759,32 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Memory leak: x\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void return8() {
+        check("void* f() {\n"
+              "    void *x = malloc(1);\n"
+              "    return (x);\n"
+              "}", true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("void* f() {\n"
+              "    void *x = malloc(1);\n"
+              "    return ((x));\n"
+              "}", true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("void* f() {\n"
+              "    void *x = malloc(1);\n"
+              "    return ((((x))));\n"
+              "}", true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("char* f() {\n"
+              "    void *x = malloc(1);\n"
+              "    return (char*)(x);\n"
+              "}", true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void test1() { // 3809
         check("void f(double*&p) {\n"
               "    p = malloc(0x100);\n"