diff --git a/lib/astutils.cpp b/lib/astutils.cpp
index 39c6359823a..97b00e8784e 100644
--- a/lib/astutils.cpp
+++ b/lib/astutils.cpp
@@ -2120,7 +2120,8 @@ bool isWithoutSideEffects(const Token* tok, bool checkArrayAccess, bool checkRef
         tok = tok->astOperand2();
     if (tok && tok->varId()) {
         const Variable* var = tok->variable();
-        return var && ((!var->isClass() && (checkReference || !var->isReference())) || var->isPointer() || (checkArrayAccess ? var->isStlType() && !var->isStlType(CheckClass::stl_containers_not_const) : var->isStlType()));
+        return var && ((!var->isClass() && (checkReference || !var->isReference())) || var->isPointer() ||
+                       (checkArrayAccess ? var->isArray() || (var->isStlType() && !var->isStlType(CheckClass::stl_containers_not_const)) : var->isStlType()));
     }
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/test/testincompletestatement.cpp b/test/testincompletestatement.cpp
index 7a1fbdb2dab..3d8f5d4d713 100644
--- a/test/testincompletestatement.cpp
+++ b/test/testincompletestatement.cpp
@@ -750,6 +750,14 @@ class TestIncompleteStatement : public TestFixture {
               "    g<sizeof(wchar_t)>();\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
+
+        check("struct S;\n" // #14664
+              "S* a[1];\n"
+              "void f() {\n"
+              "    a[0];\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4:6]: (warning) Redundant code: Found unused array access. [constStatement]\n",
+                      errout_str());
     }
 
     void vardecl() {