diff --git a/lib/exprengine.cpp b/lib/exprengine.cpp
index fbef3eaec..d062e6881 100644
--- a/lib/exprengine.cpp
+++ b/lib/exprengine.cpp
@@ -1926,6 +1926,7 @@ static void execute(const Token *start, const Token *end, Data &data)
                     tok = tok->tokAt(2);
                     continue;
                 }
+                data.assignValue(tok, tok->varId(), createVariableValue(*tok->variable(), data));
             } else if (tok->variable()->isArray()) {
                 data.assignValue(tok, tok->varId(), std::make_shared<ExprEngine::ArrayValue>(&data, tok->variable()));
                 if (Token::Match(tok, "%name% ["))
diff --git a/test/testbughuntingchecks.cpp b/test/testbughuntingchecks.cpp
index 8086e8620..ce225d238 100644
--- a/test/testbughuntingchecks.cpp
+++ b/test/testbughuntingchecks.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ private:
 
     void uninit() {
         check("void foo() { int x; x = x + 1; }");
-        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:1]: (error) Cannot determine that 'x' is initialized\n", "", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:1]: (error) Cannot determine that 'x' is initialized\n", errout.str());
 
         check("void foo() { int x; int y = x + 1; }");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:1]: (error) Cannot determine that 'x' is initialized\n", errout.str());