diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index ac6329bcf86..542f4e9fc49 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1098,7 +1098,10 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakNoVar::checkForUnusedReturnValue(const Scope *scope)
         if (allocType == No)
             continue;
 
-        if (tok != tok->next()->astOperand1() && !isNew)
+        const Token* ftok = tok->next()->astOperand1();
+        while (Token::simpleMatch(ftok, "::"))
+            ftok = ftok->astOperand2() ? ftok->astOperand2() : ftok->astOperand1();
+        if (tok != ftok && !isNew)
             continue;
 
         if (isReopenStandardStream(tok))
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 406f46de902..26877650584 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -2752,6 +2752,18 @@ class TestMemleakNoVar : public TestFixture {
               "    if (std::freopen(NULL, \"w+b\", fp2) == NULL) {}\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
+
+        check("void f() {\n" // #14172
+              "    if (malloc(4) == nullptr) {}\n"
+              "    if (::malloc(4) == nullptr) {}\n"
+              "    if (std::malloc(4) == nullptr) {}\n"
+              "    if (::std::malloc(4) == nullptr) {}\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2:9]: (error) Return value of allocation function 'malloc' is not stored. [leakReturnValNotUsed]\n"
+                      "[test.cpp:3:11]: (error) Return value of allocation function 'malloc' is not stored. [leakReturnValNotUsed]\n"
+                      "[test.cpp:4:14]: (error) Return value of allocation function 'malloc' is not stored. [leakReturnValNotUsed]\n"
+                      "[test.cpp:5:16]: (error) Return value of allocation function 'malloc' is not stored. [leakReturnValNotUsed]\n",
+                      errout_str());
     }
 
     void smartPointerFunctionParam() {