diff --git a/lib/checkcondition.cpp b/lib/checkcondition.cpp
index f4aed747de9..a8a4281b58b 100644
--- a/lib/checkcondition.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkcondition.cpp
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ void CheckCondition::multiCondition2()
 
                     // Condition..
                     const Token *cond2 = tok->str() == "if" ? condStartToken->astOperand2() : condStartToken->astOperand1();
-                    const bool isReturnVar = (tok->str() == "return" && (!Token::Match(cond2, "%cop%") || (cond2 && cond2->isUnaryOp("!"))));
+                    const bool isReturnVar = (tok->str() == "return" && (!Token::Match(cond2, "%cop%") || cond2->isUnaryOp("!") || cond2->isUnaryOp("*")));
 
                     ErrorPath errorPath;
 
diff --git a/test/testcondition.cpp b/test/testcondition.cpp
index afbcf14ca6d..a9e55268253 100644
--- a/test/testcondition.cpp
+++ b/test/testcondition.cpp
@@ -2836,6 +2836,13 @@ class TestCondition : public TestFixture {
               "    }\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2:12] -> [test.cpp:4:13]: (warning) Identical inner 'if' condition is always true. [identicalInnerCondition]\n", errout_str());
+
+        check("int f(const int *q, const int *s) {\n" // #14711
+              "    if (*q && *s)\n"
+              "        return *q;\n"
+              "    return 0;\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
     }
 
     void identicalConditionAfterEarlyExit() {