diff --git a/lib/checkclass.cpp b/lib/checkclass.cpp
index f51318190..4f6ef1c70 100644
--- a/lib/checkclass.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkclass.cpp
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ void CheckClass::initializationListUsage()
         for (const Token* tok = scope->classStart; tok != scope->classEnd; tok = tok->next()) {
             if (Token::Match(tok, "%var% (")) // Assignments might depend on this function call or if/for/while/switch statment from now on.
                 break;
+            if (Token::Match(tok, "try|do {"))
+                break;
             if (tok->varId() && Token::Match(tok, "%var% = %any%")) {
                 const Variable* var = symbolDatabase->getVariableFromVarId(tok->varId());
                 if (var && var->scope() == owner) {
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 8f61295e0..0f6663e38 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -5159,6 +5159,12 @@ private:
                                      "    Fred() : b(5) { a = b; }\n" // Don't issue a message here: You actually could move it to the initalization list, but it would cause problems if you change the order of the variable declarations.
                                      "};");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        checkInitializationListUsage("class Fred {\n"
+                                     "    int a;\n"
+                                     "    Fred() { try { a = new int; } catch(...) {} }\n"
+                                     "};");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 };