diff --git a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
index a0d2ca9d0f9..905b05f9a13 100644
--- a/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ void CheckUnusedFunctions::parseTokens(const Tokenizer &tokenizer, const Setting
                 continue;
         }
 
-        if (!funcname || funcname->isKeyword() || funcname->isStandardType() || funcname->varId() || funcname->enumerator())
+        if (!funcname || funcname->isKeyword() || funcname->isStandardType() || funcname->varId() || funcname->enumerator() || funcname->type())
             continue;
 
         // funcname ( => Assert that the end parentheses isn't followed by {
diff --git a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
index e0c5e1a5f35..f33a83cbd02 100644
--- a/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedfunctions.cpp
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class TestUnusedFunctions : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(includes);
         TEST_CASE(virtualFunc);
         TEST_CASE(parensInit);
+        TEST_CASE(typeInCast);
     }
 
 #define check(...) check_(__FILE__, __LINE__, __VA_ARGS__)
@@ -756,6 +757,18 @@ class TestUnusedFunctions : public TestFixture {
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (style) The function 'url' is never used.\n", errout_str());
     }
+
+    void typeInCast()
+    {
+        check("struct S {\n" // #12901
+              "    void Type() {}\n"
+              "};\n"
+              "int main() {\n"
+              "    struct Type {} t;\n"
+              "    Type t2{ (Type)t };\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2]: (style) The function 'Type' is never used.\n", errout_str());
+    }
 };
 
 REGISTER_TEST(TestUnusedFunctions)