diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index a737b328a..7c542dc53 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -2951,9 +2951,16 @@ void CheckOther::checkRedundantPointerOp()
 
         // variable
         const Token *varTok = tok->astOperand1()->astOperand1();
-        if (!varTok || varTok->isExpandedMacro() || (!addressOfDeref && varTok->valueType() && varTok->valueType()->pointer && varTok->valueType()->reference == Reference::LValue))
+        if (!varTok || varTok->isExpandedMacro())
             continue;
 
+        if (!addressOfDeref) { // dereference of address
+            if (tok->isExpandedMacro())
+                continue;
+            if (varTok->valueType() && varTok->valueType()->pointer && varTok->valueType()->reference == Reference::LValue)
+                continue;
+        }
+
         const Variable *var = varTok->variable();
         if (!var || (addressOfDeref && !var->isPointer()))
             continue;
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index d753c7032..541a2b6f0 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -8777,6 +8777,12 @@ private:
         check("void f(int**& p) {}\n", nullptr, false, true);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
 
+        checkP("#define	RESTORE(ORIG, COPY) { *ORIG = *COPY; }\n"
+               "void f(int* p, int i) {\n"
+               "    RESTORE(p, &i);\n"
+               "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         // no warning for bitwise AND
         check("void f(const int *b) {\n"
               "    int x = 0x20 & *b;\n"