diff --git a/lib/astutils.cpp b/lib/astutils.cpp
index 405e8fd6b..c0e906d27 100644
--- a/lib/astutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/astutils.cpp
@@ -1669,6 +1669,8 @@ const Token * getTokenArgumentFunction(const Token * tok, int& argn)
     if (!Token::Match(tok, "{|("))
         return nullptr;
     tok = tok->astOperand1();
+    while (tok && (tok->isUnaryOp("*") || tok->str() == "["))
+        tok = tok->astOperand1();
     while (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "."))
         tok = tok->astOperand2();
     while (Token::simpleMatch(tok, "::")) {
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index f12698305..c62ac0508 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -4667,6 +4667,21 @@ private:
                         "    printf(\"\", value);\n"
                         "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // function pointers
+        valueFlowUninit("int f (const struct FileFuncDefs *ffd) {\n" // #10279
+                        "  int c;\n"
+                        "  (*ffd->zread)(&c, 1);\n"
+                        "  return c;\n"
+                        "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        valueFlowUninit("int foo(unsigned int code) {\n" // #10279
+                        "  int res;\n\n"
+                        "  (* (utility_table[code])) (&res);\n"
+                        "  return (res);\n"
+                        "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void uninitvar_ipa() {