diff --git a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
index 264502acf0b..45bfb2f43b7 100644
--- a/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkleakautovar.cpp
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ void CheckLeakAutoVar::ret(const Token *tok, const VarInfo &varInfo)
                     continue;
 
                 tok2 = tok2->next();
-                while (tok2 && tok2->isCast() && (tok2->valueType()->pointer || (tok2->valueType()->typeSize(*mSettings) >= mSettings->sizeof_pointer)))
+                while (tok2 && tok2->isCast() && (tok2->valueType() && (tok2->valueType()->pointer || (tok2->valueType()->typeSize(*mSettings) >= mSettings->sizeof_pointer))))
                     tok2 = tok2->astOperand2() ? tok2->astOperand2() : tok2->astOperand1();
                 if (Token::Match(tok2, "%varid%", varid))
                     tok2 = tok2->next();