diff --git a/lib/astutils.cpp b/lib/astutils.cpp
index e5c31c01f72..1a672ef000b 100644
--- a/lib/astutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/astutils.cpp
@@ -1529,7 +1529,7 @@ static bool astIsBoolLike(const Token* tok)
 
 bool isSameExpression(bool macro, const Token *tok1, const Token *tok2, const Library& library, bool pure, bool followVar, ErrorPath* errors)
 {
-    if (tok1 == nullptr && tok2 == nullptr)
+    if (tok1 == tok2)
         return true;
     if (tok1 == nullptr || tok2 == nullptr)
         return false;
diff --git a/test/teststl.cpp b/test/teststl.cpp
index eeb3058e221..48f4f09b451 100644
--- a/test/teststl.cpp
+++ b/test/teststl.cpp
@@ -2208,6 +2208,12 @@ class TestStl : public TestFixture {
               "    if (it != N::v.end()) {}\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
+
+        check("void f(void* p) {\n" // #12445
+              "    std::vector<int>&v = *(std::vector<int>*)(p);\n"
+              "    v.erase(v.begin(), v.end());\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
     }
 
     void eraseIteratorOutOfBounds() {
diff --git a/test/testunusedvar.cpp b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
index 3358082d081..7a4996f9bc2 100644
--- a/test/testunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
@@ -2910,9 +2910,7 @@ class TestUnusedVar : public TestFixture {
                               "    for (int i = 0; i < 10; )\n"
                               "        a[i++] = 0;\n"
                               "}");
-        TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (style) Variable 'a' is assigned a value that is never used.\n",
-                           "",
-                           errout_str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5]: (style) Variable 'a[i++]' is assigned a value that is never used.\n", errout_str());
     }
 
     void localvar10() {