From 85ad1910b63ec07ef9891a0778e63eec32c00993 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludvig=20Gunne=20Lindstr=C3=B6m?=
 <ludviggunnelindstrom@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:34:43 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] add test

---
 test/testother.cpp | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 0b87a07f160..92fefb72fd3 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -4146,6 +4146,14 @@ class TestOther : public TestFixture {
               "    *o = 1;\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
+
+        check("int f() {\n"
+              "  int x = 0;\n"
+              "  int& r(x);\n"
+              "  r = x;\n"
+              "  return r;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
     }
 
     void constParameterCallback() {

From 76a93f028a5e2ec1b61e8a3e7a7664f23b2d7efe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Ludvig=20Gunne=20Lindstr=C3=B6m?=
 <ludviggunnelindstrom@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 14:27:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix

---
 lib/astutils.cpp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/astutils.cpp b/lib/astutils.cpp
index 27a01ab0382..3c5c51498ba 100644
--- a/lib/astutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/astutils.cpp
@@ -3001,7 +3001,7 @@ bool isVariableChanged(const Variable * var, const Settings &settings, int depth
     const Token * start = var->declEndToken();
     if (!start)
         return false;
-    if (Token::Match(start, "; %varid% =", var->declarationId()))
+    if (Token::Match(start, "; %varid% =", var->declarationId()) && !Token::simpleMatch(start->previous(), ")"))
         start = start->tokAt(2);
     if (Token::simpleMatch(start, "=")) {
         const Token* next = nextAfterAstRightmostLeafGeneric(start);