diff --git a/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp b/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp
index 93c06c62754..f3598412f62 100644
--- a/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ bool FwdAnalysis::unusedValue(const Token *expr, const Token *startToken, const
 
 bool FwdAnalysis::possiblyAliased(const Token *expr, const Token *startToken) const
 {
-    if (expr->isUnaryOp("*"))
+    if (expr->isUnaryOp("*") && !expr->astOperand1()->isUnaryOp("&"))
         return true;
 
     const bool macro = false;
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ bool FwdAnalysis::possiblyAliased(const Token *expr, const Token *startToken) co
             continue;
 
         for (const Token *subexpr = expr; subexpr; subexpr = subexpr->astOperand1()) {
-            if (isSameExpression(mCpp, macro, subexpr, addrOf, mLibrary, pure, followVar))
+            if (subexpr != addrOf && isSameExpression(mCpp, macro, subexpr, addrOf, mLibrary, pure, followVar))
                 return true;
         }
     }
diff --git a/test/testunusedvar.cpp b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
index 4a81d3f4bff..ff6110afc5f 100644
--- a/test/testunusedvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testunusedvar.cpp
@@ -2641,11 +2641,11 @@ class TestUnusedVar : public TestFixture {
                               "}");
         TODO_ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (style) Variable '*(b+i)' is assigned a value that is never used.\n", "", errout.str());
 
-        functionVariableUsage("void f() {\n" // #11832
+        functionVariableUsage("void f() {\n" // #11832, #11923
                               "    int b;\n"
                               "    *(&b) = 0;\n"
                               "}\n");
-        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (style) Variable '*(&b)' is assigned a value that is never used.\n", errout.str());
     }
 
     void localvar8() {