diff --git a/lib/checkstl.cpp b/lib/checkstl.cpp
index de1d82792ac..a5f1f582c4d 100644
--- a/lib/checkstl.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkstl.cpp
@@ -259,20 +259,11 @@ void CheckStlImpl::outOfBoundsError(const Token *tok, const std::string &contain
         return;
     }
 
-    ErrorPath errorPath;
-    if (!indexValue)
-        errorPath = getErrorPath(tok, containerSize, "Access out of bounds");
-    else {
-        ErrorPath errorPath1 = getErrorPath(tok, containerSize, "Access out of bounds");
-        ErrorPath errorPath2 = getErrorPath(tok, indexValue, "Access out of bounds");
-        if (errorPath1.size() <= 1)
-            errorPath = std::move(errorPath2);
-        else if (errorPath2.size() <= 1)
-            errorPath = std::move(errorPath1);
-        else {
-            errorPath = std::move(errorPath1);
-            errorPath.splice(errorPath.end(), errorPath2);
-        }
+    ErrorPath errorPath = getErrorPath(tok, containerSize, "Access out of bounds");
+    if (indexValue) {
+        ErrorPath errorPathIdx = getErrorPath(tok, indexValue, "Access out of bounds");
+        if (errorPathIdx.size() >= errorPath.size())
+            errorPath = std::move(errorPathIdx);
     }
 
     reportError(std::move(errorPath),
diff --git a/test/teststl.cpp b/test/teststl.cpp
index 2570059c19e..677147bf0ce 100644
--- a/test/teststl.cpp
+++ b/test/teststl.cpp
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ class TestStl : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(outOfBoundsSymbolic);
         TEST_CASE(outOfBoundsIndexExpression);
         TEST_CASE(outOfBoundsIterator);
+        TEST_CASE(outOfBoundsErrorPath);
 
         TEST_CASE(iterator1);
         TEST_CASE(iterator2);
@@ -1124,6 +1125,23 @@ class TestStl : public TestFixture {
                       errout_str());
     }
 
+    void outOfBoundsErrorPath() {
+        setMultiline();
+        Settings s = settings;
+        s.templateLocation = "{file}:{line}:note:{info}";
+
+        check("int f(int i) {\n"
+              "    std::string s = \"abc\";\n"
+              "    if (i > 5)\n"
+              "        return 0;\n"
+              "    return s[i];\n"
+              "}\n", s);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:5:13]: warning: Either the condition 'i>5' is redundant or 'i' can have the value 5. Expression 's[i]' causes access out of bounds. [containerOutOfBounds]\n"
+                      "[test.cpp:3:11]: note: Assuming that condition 'i>5' is not redundant\n"
+                      "[test.cpp:5:13]: note: Access out of bounds\n",
+                      errout_str());
+    }
+
     void iterator1() {
         check("void f()\n"
               "{\n"