diff --git a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
index d02bb607b33..eceef0c5c1e 100644
--- a/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkmemoryleak.cpp
@@ -1052,6 +1052,9 @@ void CheckMemoryLeakNoVarImpl::checkForUnreleasedInputArgument(const Scope *scop
             if (alloc == New || alloc == NewArray) {
                 const Token* typeTok = arg->next();
                 bool bail = !typeTok->isStandardType() &&
+                            (!typeTok->valueType() ||
+                             (typeTok->valueType()->type < ValueType::Type::SMART_POINTER &&
+                              typeTok->valueType()->type != ValueType::Type::POD)) &&
                             !mSettings.library.detectContainerOrIterator(typeTok) &&
                             !mSettings.library.podtype(typeTok->expressionString());
                 if (bail && typeTok->type() && typeTok->type()->classScope &&
diff --git a/test/testmemleak.cpp b/test/testmemleak.cpp
index 6e3d28010a1..f368b362882 100644
--- a/test/testmemleak.cpp
+++ b/test/testmemleak.cpp
@@ -2613,6 +2613,21 @@ class TestMemleakNoVar : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2:19]: (error) Allocation with new, strlen doesn't release it. [leakNoVarFunctionCall]\n"
                       "[test.cpp:5:20]: (error) Allocation with new, strlen doesn't release it. [leakNoVarFunctionCall]\n",
                       errout_str());
+
+        check("int* f1() { return new int; }\n" // #14808
+              "std::string* f2() { return new std::string(\"abc\"); }\n"
+              "std::clock_t* f3() { return new std::clock_t; }\n"
+              "QWidget* f4(QObject* parent) { return new QWidget(parent); }\n"
+              "void g(QObject* parent) {\n"
+              "    assert(f1());\n"
+              "    assert(f2());\n"
+              "    assert(f3());\n"
+              "    assert(f4(parent));\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:6:12]: (error) Allocation with f1, assert doesn't release it. [leakNoVarFunctionCall]\n"
+                      "[test.cpp:7:12]: (error) Allocation with f2, assert doesn't release it. [leakNoVarFunctionCall]\n"
+                      "[test.cpp:8:12]: (error) Allocation with f3, assert doesn't release it. [leakNoVarFunctionCall]\n",
+                      errout_str());
     }
 
     void missingAssignment() {