diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 2485ecdca..e042b3729 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ void CheckOther::clarifyCalculation()
             if (!tok->astOperand1()->isArithmeticalOp() && tok->astOperand1()->tokType() != Token::eBitOp)
                 continue;
 
-            // bit operation in lhs and pointer in rhs => no clarification is needed
-            if (tok->astOperand1()->tokType() == Token::eBitOp && tok->astOperand2()->valueType() && tok->astOperand2()->valueType()->pointer > 0)
+            // non-pointer calculation in lhs and pointer in rhs => no clarification is needed
+            if (tok->astOperand1()->isBinaryOp() && Token::Match(tok->astOperand1(), "%or%|&|%|*|/") && tok->astOperand2()->valueType() && tok->astOperand2()->valueType()->pointer > 0)
                 continue;
 
             // bit operation in lhs and char literals in rhs => probably no mistake
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 963703eef..f696b792b 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -4272,6 +4272,9 @@ private:
         check("void f(int x) { const char *p = x & 1 ? \"1\" : \"0\"; }");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        check("void foo() { x = a % b ? \"1\" : \"0\"; }");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         check("void f(int x) { return x & 1 ? '1' : '0'; }");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());