diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 346270f33..3aa5e6f6d 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -3884,8 +3884,8 @@ bool CheckOther::isIdentifierObjectType(const Token * const tok)
         return found->second;
     }
 
-    const std::string classDef = std::string("class|struct ") + identifier;
-    const bool result = Token::findmatch(_tokenizer->tokens(), classDef.c_str());
+    const std::string classDefnOrDecl = std::string("class|struct ") + identifier + " [{:;]";
+    const bool result = Token::findmatch(_tokenizer->tokens(), classDefnOrDecl.c_str());
     isClassResults.insert(std::make_pair(identifier, result));
     return result;
 }
@@ -3893,6 +3893,7 @@ bool CheckOther::isIdentifierObjectType(const Token * const tok)
 
 void CheckOther::checkMisusedScopedObject()
 {
+    const char localClassDefinition[] = "class|struct %var% [{:]";
     bool withinFunction = false;
     unsigned int depth = 0;
     std::string className = "";
@@ -3917,7 +3918,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkMisusedScopedObject()
                     className.clear();
                 }
             }
-            else if (Token::Match(tok, "class|struct"))
+            else if (Token::Match(tok, localClassDefinition))
             {
                 className = tok->strAt(1);
                 isClassResults.insert(std::make_pair(className, false));
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 931ddc247..1e4b12bd0 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ private:
         TEST_CASE(testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickLocalClassConstructors);
         TEST_CASE(testMisusedScopeObjectDoesNotPickUsedObject);
         TEST_CASE(trac2071);
+        TEST_CASE(trac2084);
 
         TEST_CASE(assignmentInAssert);
     }
@@ -3160,6 +3161,21 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void trac2084()
+    {
+        check("#include <signal.h>\n"
+              "\n"
+              "void f()\n"
+              "{\n"
+              "    struct sigaction sa;\n"
+              "\n"
+              "    { sigaction(SIGHUP, &sa, 0); };\n"
+              "    { sigaction(SIGINT, &sa, 0); };\n"
+              "}\n"
+             );
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void trac2071()
     {
         check("void f() {\n"