diff --git a/lib/astutils.cpp b/lib/astutils.cpp
index d5a0f8376..0329b66da 100644
--- a/lib/astutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/astutils.cpp
@@ -1844,7 +1844,7 @@ bool isVariableChanged(const Token *tok, int indirect, const Settings *settings,
         }
     }
 
-    if (cpp && Token::simpleMatch(tok2->astParent(), ">>") && tok2->astParent()->astOperand2() == tok2 && isLikelyStreamRead(cpp, tok2->astParent()))
+    if (cpp && Token::Match(tok2->astParent(), ">>|&") && astIsRHS(tok2) && isLikelyStreamRead(cpp, tok2->astParent()))
         return true;
 
     if (isLikelyStream(cpp, tok2))
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index fb867ce9c..77cdc0214 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -4731,6 +4731,17 @@ private:
                         "  return (res);\n"
                         "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        valueFlowUninit("struct Archive {\n"
+                        "    bool isNull;\n"
+                        "    friend void operator&(const Archive &, bool &isNull);\n"
+                        "};\n"
+                        "void load(Archive& ar) {\n"
+                        "    bool isNull;\n"
+                        "    ar & isNull;\n"
+                        "    if (!isNull) {}\n"
+                        "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void uninitvar_ipa() {