diff --git a/src/checkstl.cpp b/src/checkstl.cpp
index 918d067ea..d3265f31c 100644
--- a/src/checkstl.cpp
+++ b/src/checkstl.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ void CheckStl::iterators()
             }
             else if (Token::Match(tok2, "%var% . insert|erase ( %varid%", iteratorId))
             {
-                if (tok2->varId() != containerId)
+                if (tok2->varId() != containerId && tok2->tokAt(5)->str() != ".")
                     iteratorsError(tok2, tok->strAt(2), tok2->str());
                 else if (tok2->strAt(2) == std::string("erase"))
                     validIterator = false;
diff --git a/test/teststl.cpp b/test/teststl.cpp
index 917f8914a..394b76d88 100644
--- a/test/teststl.cpp
+++ b/test/teststl.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(iterator1);
         TEST_CASE(iterator2);
         TEST_CASE(iterator3);
+        TEST_CASE(iterator4);
 
         TEST_CASE(dereference);
         TEST_CASE(dereference_member);
@@ -120,6 +121,20 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:6]: (error) Same iterator is used with both l1 and l2\n", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void iterator4()
+    {
+        check("void foo(std::vector<std::string> &test)\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    std::set<int> result;\n"
+              "    for (std::vector<std::string>::const_iterator cit = test.begin();\n"
+              "        cit != test.end();\n"
+              "        ++cit)\n"
+              "    {\n"
+              "        result.insert(cit->size());\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
 
     // Dereferencing invalid pointer
     void dereference()