diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 46a4255c9..d382d7f83 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -1131,6 +1131,8 @@ bool CheckUninitVar::checkScopeForVariable(const Token *tok, const unsigned int
 
         if (Token::Match(tok, "return|break|continue|throw"))
             ret = true;
+        else if (ret && tok->str() == ";")
+            return false;
 
         // variable is seen..
         if (tok->varId() == varid) {