diff --git a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
index 6d100837c12..c8a165fa1ed 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedvar.cpp
@@ -1551,7 +1551,7 @@ void CheckUnusedVar::checkStructMemberUsage()
             // Check if the struct member variable is used anywhere in the file
             bool use = false;
             for (const Token *tok = mTokenizer->tokens(); tok; tok = tok->next()) {
-                if (Token::Match(tok, "%name% {") && (!tok->previous() || !Token::Match(tok->previous(), "class|struct")) && tok->str() == scope.className) {
+                if (Token::Match(tok, "%name% {") && !Token::Match(tok->previous(), "class|struct") && tok->str() == scope.className && tok->linkAt(1)) {
                     const Token *inner = tok->next()->astOperand2();
                     // Find number of initialized members in braced initalizer
                     int initmembs = 0;