diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index eb4b0e0ea98..42ca0f0d2ba 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -887,6 +887,8 @@ void CheckOther::checkUnreachableCode()
                         tok2 = tok2->link();
                     if (tok2->str() == ";") {
                         secondBreak = tok2->next();
+                        while (Token::simpleMatch(secondBreak, "}") && secondBreak->scope()->type == Scope::ScopeType::eUnconditional)
+                            secondBreak = secondBreak->next();
                         break;
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 6e7b2ec04b8..1caa442ffa8 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -5606,6 +5606,15 @@ class TestOther : public TestFixture {
               "    } while (0);\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:4]: (style) Statements following 'break' will never be executed.\n", errout_str());
+
+        check("void f() {\n" // #12244
+              "    {\n"
+              "        std::cout << \"x\";\n"
+              "        return;\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "    std::cout << \"y\";\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:6]: (style) Statements following 'return' will never be executed.\n", errout_str());
     }
 
     void redundantContinue() {