diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 6d93cc491..5d12dd0e2 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1346,6 +1346,8 @@ bool CheckUninitVar::checkScopeForVariable(const Scope* scope, const Token *tok,
                 if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% . %var%") && tok->strAt(2) == membervar) {
                     if (Token::Match(tok->tokAt(3), "[=.[]"))
                         return true;
+                    else if (Token::Match(tok->tokAt(-2), "[(,=] &"))
+                        return true;
                     else if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "%op%") || Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[|="))
                         uninitStructMemberError(tok, tok->str() + "." + membervar);
                     else
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index 809af9933..a12e41848 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -2578,6 +2578,13 @@ private:
                         "}\n", "test.c", true);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.c:4]: (error) Uninitialized struct member: ab.a\n", errout.str());
 
+        checkUninitVar2("struct AB { int a; int b; };\n"  // pass struct member by address
+                        "void f(void) {\n"
+                        "    struct AB ab;\n"
+                        "    assign(&ab.a, 0);\n"
+                        "}\n", "test.c", true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         checkUninitVar2("struct AB { int a; int b; };\n"
                         "void do_something(const struct AB ab);\n"
                         "void f(void) {\n"