diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 18221cef5..c7b67cdee 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -6207,7 +6207,19 @@ void SymbolDatabase::setValueType(Token* tok, const ValueType& valuetype, Source
     if (parent->str() == "&" && !parent->astOperand2()) {
         ValueType vt(valuetype);
         vt.reference = Reference::None; //Given int& x; the type of &x is int* not int&*
-        vt.pointer += 1U;
+        bool isArrayToPointerDecay = false;
+        for (const Token* child = parent->astOperand1(); child;) {
+            if (Token::Match(child, ".|::"))
+                child = child->astOperand2();
+            else if (Token::simpleMatch(child, "["))
+                child = child->astOperand1();
+            else {
+                isArrayToPointerDecay = child->variable() && child->variable()->isArray();
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        if (!isArrayToPointerDecay)
+            vt.pointer += 1U;
         setValueType(parent, vt);
         return;
     }
diff --git a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
index 8d08888a2..d7ebfd425 100644
--- a/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/test/testsymboldatabase.cpp
@@ -7601,6 +7601,7 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("signed int",  typeOf("int x[10]; a = x[0] + 1;", "+"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("",            typeOf("a = x[\"hello\"];", "[", "test.cpp"));
         ASSERT_EQUALS("const char",  typeOf("a = x[\"hello\"];", "[", "test.c"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("signed int *", typeOf("int x[10]; a = &x;", "&"));
 
         // cast..
         ASSERT_EQUALS("void *", typeOf("a = (void *)0;", "("));