diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index ea1343042..03a4cd879 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1840,7 +1840,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkVariableScope()
         bool reduce = true;
         bool used = false; // Don't warn about unused variables
         for (; tok != var->scope()->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
-            if (tok->str() == "{" && tok->strAt(-1) != "=") {
+            if (tok->str() == "{" && tok->scope() != tok->previous()->scope()) {
                 if (used) {
                     bool used2 = false;
                     if (!checkInnerScope(tok, var, used2) || used2) {
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 8fea48b41..46f2f5b6d 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(varScope18);
         TEST_CASE(varScope19);      // Ticket #4994
         TEST_CASE(varScope20);      // Ticket #5103
+        TEST_CASE(varScope21);      // Ticket #5382
 
         TEST_CASE(oldStylePointerCast);
         TEST_CASE(invalidPointerCast);
@@ -1199,6 +1200,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void varScope21() { // Ticket #5382 - initializing two-dimensional array
+        varScope("int test() {\n"
+                 "    int test_value = 3;\n"
+                 "    int test_array[1][1] = { { test_value } };\n"
+                 "    return sizeof(test_array);\n"
+                 "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void checkOldStylePointerCast(const char code[]) {
         // Clear the error buffer..
         errout.str("");