diff --git a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
index 27ae75c00..c4fc9b80f 100644
--- a/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkautovariables.cpp
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ static bool astHasAutoResult(const Token *tok)
         return false;
 
     if (tok->isOp()) {
+        if (tok->tokType() == Token::eIncDecOp)
+            return false;
         if ((tok->str() == "<<" || tok->str() == ">>") && tok->astOperand1()) {
             const Token* tok2 = tok->astOperand1();
             while (tok2 && tok2->str() == "*" && !tok2->astOperand2())
diff --git a/test/testautovariables.cpp b/test/testautovariables.cpp
index 6b340b5e9..2865989e7 100644
--- a/test/testautovariables.cpp
+++ b/test/testautovariables.cpp
@@ -1022,6 +1022,11 @@ private:
               "    return \"foo\" + str;\n"
               "}");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        check("int& incValue(int& value) {\n"
+              "    return ++value;\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void returnReferenceLambda() {