diff --git a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
index a2bcd1db0..235684124 100644
--- a/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -588,6 +588,8 @@ void CheckBufferOverrun::bufferOverflow()
                     argtok = argtok->astOperand2();
                 if (!argtok || !argtok->variable())
                     continue;
+                if (argtok->valueType() && argtok->valueType()->pointer == 0)
+                    continue;
                 // TODO: strcpy(buf+10, "hello");
                 const ValueFlow::Value bufferSize = getBufferSize(argtok);
                 if (bufferSize.intvalue <= 1)
diff --git a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
index cbf61c1c0..8cc5ce60c 100644
--- a/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
+++ b/test/testbufferoverrun.cpp
@@ -3388,6 +3388,11 @@ private:
               "}", settings);
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Buffer is accessed out of bounds: c\n", errout.str());
 
+        check("void f(unsigned int addr) {\n"
+              "    memset((void *)addr, 0, 1000);\n"
+              "}", settings0);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         check("struct AB { char a[10]; };\n"
               "void foo(AB *ab) {\n"
               "    mystrncpy(x, ab->a, 100);\n"