diff --git a/lib/tokenize.cpp b/lib/tokenize.cpp
index 4bb7268f5d9..b49aa46e4bb 100644
--- a/lib/tokenize.cpp
+++ b/lib/tokenize.cpp
@@ -4757,7 +4757,8 @@ void Tokenizer::setVarIdPass1()
                     continue;
             }
 
-            if (!scopeStack.top().isEnum || !(Token::Match(tok->previous(), "{|,") && Token::Match(tok->next(), ",|=|}"))) {
+            if ((!scopeStack.top().isEnum || !(Token::Match(tok->previous(), "{|,") && Token::Match(tok->next(), ",|=|}"))) &&
+                !Token::simpleMatch(tok->next(), ": ;")) {
                 const std::map<std::string, nonneg int>::const_iterator it = variableMap.map(globalNamespace).find(tok->str());
                 if (it != variableMap.map(globalNamespace).end()) {
                     tok->varId(it->second);
diff --git a/test/testvarid.cpp b/test/testvarid.cpp
index e0ffc150020..90dfeafe604 100644
--- a/test/testvarid.cpp
+++ b/test/testvarid.cpp
@@ -2785,6 +2785,17 @@ class TestVarID : public TestFixture {
                                "        break;\n"
                                "    }\n"
                                "}", "test.c"));
+
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("1: int * f ( ) {\n" // #11838
+                      "2: int * label@1 ; label@1 = 0 ;\n"
+                      "3: label : ;\n"
+                      "4: return label@1 ;\n"
+                      "5: }\n",
+                      tokenize("int* f() {\n"
+                               "    int* label = 0;\n"
+                               "label:\n"
+                               "    return label;\n"
+                               "}"));
     }
 
     void varid_structinit() { // #6406