diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 04e4a71d18e..667666ad602 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -7649,6 +7649,8 @@ static void valueFlowContainerSize(TokenList* tokenlist,
     for (const Variable *var : symboldatabase->variableList()) {
         if (!var)
             continue;
+        if (!var->scope() || !var->scope()->bodyEnd || !var->scope()->bodyStart)
+            continue;
         if (!var->valueType() || !var->valueType()->container)
             continue;
         if (!astIsContainer(var->nameToken()))
diff --git a/test/testvalueflow.cpp b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
index 1ecd16c67b0..9756cfb5018 100644
--- a/test/testvalueflow.cpp
+++ b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
@@ -6434,6 +6434,12 @@ class TestValueFlow : public TestFixture {
                "    std::cout << (void*)(std::shared_ptr<int>{ g() }.get());\n"
                "}\n";
         valueOfTok(code, ".");
+
+        code = "class T;\n"
+               "struct S {\n"
+               "    void f(std::array<T*, 2>& a);\n"
+               "};\n";
+        valueOfTok(code, "a");
     }
 
     void valueFlowHang() {