diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index 82d9bc6ad..a9f1eaff0 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -516,7 +516,7 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::functionCall(const Token *tok, VarInfo *varInfo, const Va
         if (_tokenizer->isCPP() && arg->str() == "new")
             arg = arg->next();
 
-        if (Token::Match(arg, "%var% [-,)]") || Token::Match(arg, "& %var%")) {
+        if (Token::Match(arg, "%var% [-,)] !!.") || Token::Match(arg, "& %var%")) {
 
             // goto variable
             if (arg->str() == "&")
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index 146de2698..a4ba55e38 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -760,6 +760,13 @@ private:
             "    }\n"
             "};", true);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        // #7401
+        check("void pCodeLabelDestruct(pCode *pc) {\n"
+              "    free(PCL(pc)->label);\n"
+              "    free(pc);\n"
+              "}");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
     void doublefree2() {  // #3891