diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 7f09400345c..6fb5acbec75 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -4388,13 +4388,13 @@ const Function * Function::getOverriddenFunctionRecursive(const ::Type* baseType
         auto range = parent->functionMap.equal_range(tokenDef->str());
         for (std::multimap<std::string, const Function*>::const_iterator it = range.first; it != range.second; ++it) {
             const Function * func = it->second;
-            if (func->hasVirtualSpecifier()) { // Base is virtual and of same name
+            if (func->isImplicitlyVirtual()) { // Base is virtual and of same name
                 const Token *temp1 = func->tokenDef->previous();
                 const Token *temp2 = tokenDef->previous();
                 bool match = true;
 
                 // check for matching return parameters
-                while (temp1->str() != "virtual") {
+                while (!Token::Match(temp1, "virtual|{|}|;")) {
                     if (temp1->str() != temp2->str() &&
                         !(temp1->str() == derivedFromType->name() &&
                           temp2->str() == baseType->name())) {
diff --git a/test/testclass.cpp b/test/testclass.cpp
index 85f0c7f0a3e..995e343835d 100644
--- a/test/testclass.cpp
+++ b/test/testclass.cpp
@@ -8440,6 +8440,15 @@ class TestClass : public TestFixture {
                              "    void g() { f(); }\n"
                              "};");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
+        checkUselessOverride("struct B { virtual void f(); };\n" // #11808
+                             "struct D : B { void f() override {} };\n"
+                             "struct D2 : D {\n"
+                             "    void f() override {\n"
+                             "        B::f();\n"
+                             "    }\n"
+                             "};");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
 #define checkUnsafeClassRefMember(code) checkUnsafeClassRefMember_(code, __FILE__, __LINE__)