diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 1a32987cabd..391a76ded24 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ void CheckOther::checkRedundantAssignment()
                         tokenToCheck = tempToken;
                 }
 
-                if (start->hasKnownSymbolicValue(tokenToCheck)) {
+                if (start->hasKnownSymbolicValue(tokenToCheck) && !Token::simpleMatch(start->astParent(), ".")) {
                     redundantAssignmentSameValueError(start, tokenToCheck, tok->astOperand1()->expressionString());
                 }