diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index f951b876b..678864bfb 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getDeallocationType(const Token *tok
     if (Token::Match(tok, "delete [ ] ( %varid% ) ;", varid))
         return NewArray;
 
+    if (tok && tok->str() == "::")
+        tok = tok->next();
+
     if (Token::Match(tok, "free|kfree ( %varid% ) ;", varid) ||
         Token::Match(tok, "free|kfree ( %varid% -", varid) ||
         Token::Match(tok, "realloc ( %varid% , 0 ) ;", varid))
@@ -985,7 +988,7 @@ Token *CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::getcode(const Token *tok, std::list<const Toke
                 }
             }
 
-            if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[;{})=|] %var%")) {
+            if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "[;{})=|] ::| %var%")) {
                 AllocType dealloc = getDeallocationType(tok, varid);
 
                 if (dealloc != No && tok->str() == "fcloseall" && alloctype != dealloc)
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index bf4bbb2a0..8178ccb49 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;dealloc;", getcode("char *s; free((void *)s);", "s"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;dealloc;", getcode("char *s; free((void *)(s));", "s"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;dealloc;", getcode("char *s; free(reinterpret_cast<void *>(s));", "s"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(";;dealloc;", getcode("char *s; ::free(s);", "s")); // #2802
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;dealloc;", getcode("char *s; delete s;", "s"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS(";;dealloc;", getcode("char *s; delete (s);", "s"));
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS(";;dealloc;",