diff --git a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
index be794c6f4..9422261e1 100644
--- a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static bool isInScope(const Token * tok, const Scope * scope)
     const Variable * var = tok->variable();
     if (var && (var->isGlobal() || var->isStatic() || var->isExtern()))
         return false;
-    if (tok->scope() && tok->scope()->isNestedIn(scope))
+    if (tok->scope() && !tok->scope()->isClassOrStructOrUnion() && tok->scope()->isNestedIn(scope))
         return true;
     if (!var)
         return false;
diff --git a/test/testautovariables.cpp b/test/testautovariables.cpp
index 48c19555c..e2c3c2193 100644
--- a/test/testautovariables.cpp
+++ b/test/testautovariables.cpp
@@ -3050,6 +3050,13 @@ private:
               "    return std::tie(xs[i]...);\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #11362
+        check("int* f() {\n"
+              "    static struct { int x; } a[] = { { 1 } };\n"
+              "    return &a[0].x;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void danglingLifetimeFunction() {