diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index e4fe9462d..d10f05a0a 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -561,6 +561,24 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
             varInfo->clear();
         }
 
+        // delete
+        else if (mTokenizer->isCPP() && tok->str() == "delete") {
+            const bool arrayDelete = Token::simpleMatch(tok->next(), "[ ]");
+            if (arrayDelete)
+                tok = tok->tokAt(3);
+            else
+                tok = tok->next();
+            if (tok->str() == "(")
+                tok = tok->next();
+            while (Token::Match(tok, "%name% ::|."))
+                tok = tok->tokAt(2);
+            const bool isnull = tok->hasKnownIntValue() && tok->values().front().intvalue == 0;
+            if (!isnull && tok->varId() && tok->strAt(1) != "[") {
+                const VarInfo::AllocInfo allocation(arrayDelete ? NEW_ARRAY : NEW, VarInfo::DEALLOC);
+                changeAllocStatus(varInfo, allocation, tok, tok);
+            }
+        }
+
         // Function call..
         else if (isFunctionCall(ftok)) {
             const Token * openingPar = isFunctionCall(ftok);
@@ -587,22 +605,6 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::checkScope(const Token * const startToken,
             continue;
         }
 
-        // delete
-        else if (mTokenizer->isCPP() && tok->str() == "delete") {
-            const bool arrayDelete = (tok->strAt(1) == "[");
-            if (arrayDelete)
-                tok = tok->tokAt(3);
-            else
-                tok = tok->next();
-            while (Token::Match(tok, "%name% ::|."))
-                tok = tok->tokAt(2);
-            const bool isnull = tok->hasKnownIntValue() && tok->values().front().intvalue == 0;
-            if (!isnull && tok->varId() && tok->strAt(1) != "[") {
-                const VarInfo::AllocInfo allocation(arrayDelete ? NEW_ARRAY : NEW, VarInfo::DEALLOC);
-                changeAllocStatus(varInfo, allocation, tok, tok);
-            }
-        }
-
         // goto => weird execution path
         else if (tok->str() == "goto") {
             varInfo->clear();
diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index 349f79056..680b01a28 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ private:
         // TODO TEST_CASE(deallocuse5); // #4018: FP. free(p), p = 0;
         TEST_CASE(deallocuse6); // #4034: FP. x = p = f();
         TEST_CASE(deallocuse7); // #6467, #6469, #6473
+        TEST_CASE(deallocuse8); // #1765
 
         TEST_CASE(doublefree1);
         TEST_CASE(doublefree2);
@@ -561,6 +562,15 @@ private:
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout.str());
     }
 
+    void deallocuse8() {  // #1765
+        check("void f() {\n"
+              "    int *ptr = new int;\n"
+              "    delete(ptr);\n"
+              "    *ptr = 0;\n"
+              "}", true);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (error) Dereferencing 'ptr' after it is deallocated / released\n", errout.str());
+    }
+
     void doublefree1() {  // #3895
         check("void f(char *p) {\n"
               "    if (x)\n"