diff --git a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
index 0b0a0eec4..c11c082b2 100644
--- a/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkuninitvar.cpp
@@ -651,7 +651,8 @@ private:
                 return tok.next()->link();
 
             // deallocate pointer
-            if (Token::Match(&tok, "free|kfree|fclose ( %var% )"))
+            if (Token::Match(&tok, "free|kfree|fclose ( %var% )") ||
+                Token::Match(&tok, "realloc ( %var%"))
             {
                 dealloc_pointer(checks, tok.tokAt(2));
                 return tok.tokAt(3);
diff --git a/test/testuninitvar.cpp b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
index fa9e23388..f788bac59 100644
--- a/test/testuninitvar.cpp
+++ b/test/testuninitvar.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,18 @@ private:
                        "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Uninitialized variable: a\n", errout.str());
 
+        checkUninitVar("void foo() {\n"
+                       "    int *p;\n"
+                       "    realloc(p,10);\n"
+                       "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3]: (error) Uninitialized variable: p\n", errout.str());
+
+        checkUninitVar("void foo() {\n"
+                       "    int *p = NULL;\n"
+                       "    realloc(p,10);\n"
+                       "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
+
         // dereferencing uninitialized pointer..
         checkUninitVar("static void foo()\n"
                        "{\n"