diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index 34a896af2..e0129af71 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1462,6 +1462,13 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::simplifycode(Token *tok)
             tok2->deleteNext();
     }
 
+    // reduce "; callfunc ; %var%"
+    for (Token *tok2 = tok; tok2; tok2 = tok2->next())
+    {
+        if (Token::Match(tok2, ";|{|} callfunc ; %type%"))
+            tok2->deleteNext();
+    }
+
     // remove redundant braces..
     for (Token *start = tok; start; start = start->next())
     {
@@ -1561,13 +1568,6 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakInFunction::simplifycode(Token *tok)
                 done = false;
             }
 
-            // reduce "; callfunc ; %var%"
-            else if (Token::Match(tok2, "; callfunc ; %type%"))
-            {
-                tok2->deleteNext();
-                done = false;
-            }
-
             // Reduce "if if|callfunc" => "if"
             else if (Token::Match(tok2, "if if|callfunc"))
             {
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 23e9df322..f71cd1545 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -708,6 +708,7 @@ private:
 
         // callfunc..
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; callfunc ;", simplifycode(";callfunc;"));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("while1 { dealloc ; alloc ; } return ; }", simplifycode("while1 { dealloc ; alloc ; } callfunc ; return ; }"));
 
         // exit..
         ASSERT_EQUALS("; exit ;", simplifycode("; alloc; exit;"));