From b226506a339976c51f11cf69f78f7df8e6c35675 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrchr-github <78114321+chrchr-github@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:55:47 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Update checkassert.cpp

---
 lib/checkassert.cpp | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/checkassert.cpp b/lib/checkassert.cpp
index 4578f7395ba..00bb95e319a 100644
--- a/lib/checkassert.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkassert.cpp
@@ -78,6 +78,11 @@ void CheckAssertImpl::assertWithSideEffects()
                 continue;
             }
 
+            const Token* parent = tmp->astParent();
+            while (Token::Match(parent, ".|::"))
+                parent = parent->astParent();
+            if (!Token::simpleMatch(parent, "("))
+                continue;
             const Function* f = tmp->function();
             const Scope* scope = f->functionScope;
             if (!scope) {

From ceb07fbec157c5dc5db8f61d1f1937bf1e80b0f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: chrchr-github <78114321+chrchr-github@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 08:56:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update testassert.cpp

---
 test/testassert.cpp | 11 +++++++++++
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/test/testassert.cpp b/test/testassert.cpp
index ea170c43f2d..a76b8207445 100644
--- a/test/testassert.cpp
+++ b/test/testassert.cpp
@@ -147,6 +147,17 @@ class TestAssert : public TestFixture {
               "    assert(g());\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
+
+        check("int i;\n" // #14973
+              "bool f() {\n"
+              "    i = 0;\n"
+              "    return true;\n"
+              "}\n"
+              "void g() {\n"
+              "    bool (*fp)() = f;\n"
+              "    assert(fp == f);\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
     }
 
     void memberFunctionCallInAssert() {