diff --git a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
index 5bb96a8cd4d..4315ccf4406 100644
--- a/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
+++ b/lib/symboldatabase.cpp
@@ -1521,6 +1521,8 @@ void SymbolDatabase::createSymbolDatabaseIncompleteVars()
             continue;
         if (Token::Match(tok->next(), "&|&&|* *| *| )|,|%var%|const"))
             continue;
+        if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), "%str%"))
+            continue;
         // Very likely a typelist
         if (Token::Match(tok->tokAt(-2), "%type% ,") || Token::Match(tok->next(), ", %type%"))
             continue;
diff --git a/test/cfg/std.c b/test/cfg/std.c
index 32b6fe61534..b96f1bf8317 100644
--- a/test/cfg/std.c
+++ b/test/cfg/std.c
@@ -5036,7 +5036,6 @@ void invalidPrintfArgType_printf(void)
     // #7016
     uint8_t n = 7;
     // TODO cppcheck-suppress invalidPrintfArgType_uint
-    // cppcheck-suppress valueFlowBailoutIncompleteVar
     printf("%" PRIi16 "\n", n);
 }
 
diff --git a/test/testvalueflow.cpp b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
index 71578810017..8762c5141d6 100644
--- a/test/testvalueflow.cpp
+++ b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
@@ -9066,8 +9066,8 @@ class TestValueFlow : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS(false, testValueOfX(code, 5U, 0));
     }
 
-    void valueFlowBailoutIncompleteVar() { // #12526
-        bailout(
+    void valueFlowBailoutIncompleteVar() {
+        bailout( // #12526
             "int f1() {\n"
             "    return VALUE_1;\n"
             "}\n"
@@ -9080,6 +9080,13 @@ class TestValueFlow : public TestFixture {
             "[test.cpp:2]: (debug) valueFlowConditionExpressions bailout: Skipping function due to incomplete variable VALUE_1\n"
             "[test.cpp:6]: (debug) valueFlowConditionExpressions bailout: Skipping function due to incomplete variable VALUE_2\n",
             errout_str());
+
+        bailout(
+            "std::string_view f() {\n"
+            "    return \"abc\"sv;\n"
+            "}\n"
+            );
+        ASSERT_EQUALS_WITHOUT_LINENUMBERS("", errout_str());
     }
 
     void valueFlowBailoutNoreturn() { // #13718