diff --git a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index d525ca81d..288c1172a 100644
--- a/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/src/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ bool CheckMemoryLeak::isclass(const Tokenizer *_tokenizer, const Token *tok) con
 }
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getAllocationType(const Token *tok2) const
+CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getAllocationType(const Token *tok2, const char varname[]) const
 {
     // What we may have...
     //     * var = (char *)malloc(10);
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getAllocationType(const Token *tok2)
             return Malloc;
     }
 
+    // Using realloc..
+    if (Token::Match(tok2, (std::string("realloc ( !!") + varname).c_str()))
+        return Malloc;
+
     // Does tok2 point on "g_malloc", "g_strdup", ..
     static const char * const gmallocfunc[] = {"g_new",
             "g_new0",
@@ -133,7 +137,7 @@ CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getAllocationType(const Token *tok2)
 
 
 
-CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getReallocationType(const Token *tok2)
+CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getReallocationType(const Token *tok2, const char varname[])
 {
     // What we may have...
     //     * var = (char *)realloc(..;
@@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::getReallocationType(const Token *tok
     if (! tok2)
         return No;
 
-    if (tok2->str() == "realloc")
+    if (Token::Match(tok2, (std::string("realloc ( ") + varname).c_str()))
         return Malloc;
 
     // GTK memory reallocation..
@@ -339,7 +343,7 @@ CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType CheckMemoryLeak::functionReturnType(const Token *tok)
         if (varname.empty() && Token::Match(tok, "%var% = "))
         {
             varname = tok->str();
-            allocType = getAllocationType(tok->tokAt(2));
+            allocType = getAllocationType(tok->tokAt(2), varname.c_str());
             if (allocType == No)
                 return No;
             while (tok && tok->str() != ";")
@@ -424,6 +428,10 @@ const char * CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::call_func(const Token *tok, std::list<co
     if (Token::Match(tok, "if|for|while|return|switch"))
         return 0;
 
+    // Keywords that are not function calls..
+    if (Token::Match(tok, "realloc"))
+        return 0;
+
     // String functions that are not allocating nor deallocating memory..
     if (Token::Match(tok, "strcpy|strncpy|strcat|strncat|strcmp|strncmp|strcasecmp|stricmp|sprintf|strchr|strrchr|strstr"))
         return 0;
@@ -457,7 +465,7 @@ const char * CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::call_func(const Token *tok, std::list<co
     if (tok->str() == "delete")
         return 0;
 
-    if (getAllocationType(tok) != No || getReallocationType(tok) != No || getDeallocationType(tok, varnames) != No)
+    if (getAllocationType(tok, varnames[0]) != No || getReallocationType(tok, varnames[0]) != No || getDeallocationType(tok, varnames) != No)
         return 0;
 
     if (callstack.size() > 2)
@@ -614,7 +622,7 @@ Token *CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::getcode(const Token *tok, std::list<const Toke
 
         if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), std::string("[(;{}] " + varnameStr + " =").c_str()))
         {
-            AllocType alloc = getAllocationType(tok->tokAt(2));
+            AllocType alloc = getAllocationType(tok->tokAt(2), varname);
             bool realloc = false;
 
             if (sz > 1 &&
@@ -626,7 +634,7 @@ Token *CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::getcode(const Token *tok, std::list<const Toke
 
             if (alloc == No)
             {
-                alloc = getReallocationType(tok->tokAt(2));
+                alloc = getReallocationType(tok->tokAt(2), varname);
                 if (alloc != No)
                 {
                     addtoken("realloc");
@@ -947,7 +955,7 @@ Token *CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::getcode(const Token *tok, std::list<const Toke
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    if (getReallocationType(tok) != No &&
+                    if (getReallocationType(tok, varname) != No &&
                         Token::simpleMatch(tok->tokAt(2), varnameStr.c_str())
                        )
                     {
@@ -1879,7 +1887,7 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInClass::variable(const char classname[], const Token *tokVa
                 // Allocate..
                 if (indent == 0 || Token::Match(tok, (std::string(varname) + " =").c_str()))
                 {
-                    AllocType alloc = getAllocationType(tok->tokAt((indent > 0) ? 2 : 3));
+                    AllocType alloc = getAllocationType(tok->tokAt((indent > 0) ? 2 : 3), varname);
                     if (alloc != CheckMemoryLeak::No)
                     {
                         if (Alloc != No && Alloc != alloc)
diff --git a/src/checkmemoryleak.h b/src/checkmemoryleak.h
index dddfec5da..9daef207a 100644
--- a/src/checkmemoryleak.h
+++ b/src/checkmemoryleak.h
@@ -94,12 +94,12 @@ public:
     /**
      * Get type of allocation at given position
      */
-    AllocType getAllocationType(const Token *tok2) const;
+    AllocType getAllocationType(const Token *tok2, const char varname[]) const;
 
     /**
      * Get type of reallocation at given position
      */
-    AllocType getReallocationType(const Token *tok2);
+    AllocType getReallocationType(const Token *tok2, const char varname[]);
 
     bool isclass(const Tokenizer *_tokenizer, const Token *typestr) const;
 
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index c2b195fc8..ba9078e59 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@
 
 
 #include "../src/tokenize.h"
+#define private public
 #include "../src/checkmemoryleak.h"
+#undef private
 #include "testsuite.h"
 
 #include <sstream>
@@ -223,6 +225,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(realloc3);
         TEST_CASE(realloc4);
         TEST_CASE(realloc5);
+        TEST_CASE(realloc6);
 
         TEST_CASE(assign);
 
@@ -1695,6 +1698,36 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    std::string getcode(const char code[], const char varname[]) const
+    {
+        // Tokenize..
+        Tokenizer tokenizer;
+        std::istringstream istr(code);
+        tokenizer.tokenize(istr, "test.cpp");
+
+        // getcode..
+        CheckMemoryLeakInFunction checkMemoryLeak;
+        std::list<const Token *> callstack;
+        CheckMemoryLeak::AllocType allocType, deallocType;
+        bool all = false;
+        Token *tokens = checkMemoryLeak.getcode(tokenizer.tokens(), callstack, varname, allocType, deallocType, false, all, 1);
+
+        // stringify..
+        std::string ret;
+        for (const Token *tok = tokens; tok; tok = tok->next())
+            ret += tok->str();
+
+        Tokenizer::deleteTokens(tokens);
+
+        return ret;
+    }
+
+    void realloc6()
+    {
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(";;realloc;;", getcode(";buf=realloc(buf,100);", "buf"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS(";;alloc;", getcode(";buf=realloc(0,100);", "buf"));
+    }
+
     void assign()
     {
         check("void foo()\n"