diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index 595513a26..6874174f5 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::negativeIndexError(const Token *tok, const ValueFlow::V
                << ", otherwise there is negative array index " << index.intvalue << ".";
     else
         errmsg << "Array index " << index.intvalue << " is out of bounds.";
-    reportError(errorPath, index.condition ? Severity::warning : Severity::error, "negativeIndex", errmsg.str(), CWE786, index.inconclusive);
+    reportError(errorPath, index.errorSeverity() ? Severity::error : Severity::warning, "negativeIndex", errmsg.str(), CWE786, index.inconclusive);
 }
 
 CheckBufferOverrun::ArrayInfo::ArrayInfo()
diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 10efc0d18..c872a7e41 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1666,7 +1666,7 @@ void CheckOther::zerodivError(const Token *tok, const ValueFlow::Value *value)
         errmsg << "Division by zero.";
 
     reportError(errorPath,
-                value->condition ? Severity::warning : Severity::error,
+                value->errorSeverity() ? Severity::error : Severity::warning,
                 value->condition ? "zerodivcond" : "zerodiv",
                 errmsg.str(), CWE369, value->inconclusive);
 }
diff --git a/lib/checktype.cpp b/lib/checktype.cpp
index a5e449663..4660b4a35 100644
--- a/lib/checktype.cpp
+++ b/lib/checktype.cpp
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ void CheckType::tooBigBitwiseShiftError(const Token *tok, int lhsbits, const Val
     if (rhsbits.condition)
         errmsg << ". See condition at line " << rhsbits.condition->linenr() << ".";
 
-    reportError(errorPath, rhsbits.condition ? Severity::warning : Severity::error, "shiftTooManyBits", errmsg.str(), CWE758, rhsbits.inconclusive);
+    reportError(errorPath, rhsbits.errorSeverity() ? Severity::error : Severity::warning, "shiftTooManyBits", errmsg.str(), CWE758, rhsbits.inconclusive);
 }
 
 //---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ void CheckType::integerOverflowError(const Token *tok, const ValueFlow::Value &v
         msg = "Signed integer overflow for expression '" + expr + "'.";
 
     reportError(getErrorPath(tok, &value, "Integer overflow"),
-                value.condition ? Severity::warning : Severity::error,
+                value.errorSeverity() ? Severity::error : Severity::warning,
                 "integerOverflow",
                 msg,
                 CWE190,
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ void CheckType::floatToIntegerOverflowError(const Token *tok, const ValueFlow::V
     std::ostringstream errmsg;
     errmsg << "Undefined behaviour: float (" << value.floatValue << ") to integer conversion overflow.";
     reportError(getErrorPath(tok, &value, "float to integer conversion"),
-                value.condition ? Severity::warning : Severity::error,
+                value.errorSeverity() ? Severity::error : Severity::warning,
                 "floatConversionOverflow",
                 errmsg.str(), CWE190, value.inconclusive);
 }
diff --git a/lib/valueflow.h b/lib/valueflow.h
index 0293460b8..aaaecd297 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.h
+++ b/lib/valueflow.h
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ namespace ValueFlow {
             if (isKnown())
                 valueKind = ValueKind::Possible;
         }
+
+        bool errorSeverity() const {
+            return !condition && !defaultArg;
+        }
     };
 
     /// Constant folding of expression. This can be used before the full ValueFlow has been executed (ValueFlow::setValues).