diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 2906ca191..b7fc9b75a 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkPipeParameterSize()
 
                 const Variable *var = varTok->variable();
                 MathLib::bigint dim;
-                if (var && (var->isArray() || var->isPointer()) && !var->isArgument() && ((dim=var->dimension(0U)) < 2)) {
+                if (var && var->isArray() && !var->isArgument() && ((dim=var->dimension(0U)) < 2)) {
                     const std::string strDim = MathLib::longToString(dim);
                     checkPipeParameterSizeError(varTok,varTok->str(), strDim);
                 }