diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 1247d97365e..74f198ca21f 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1857,10 +1857,13 @@ void CheckOther::checkConstPointer()
         if (!var->isLocal() && !var->isArgument())
             continue;
         const Token* const nameTok = var->nameToken();
-        if (tok == nameTok) {
+        if (tok == nameTok && var->isLocal() && !astIsRangeBasedForDecl(nameTok)) {
+            if (var->isReference() && var->isPointer()) {
+                nonConstPointers.emplace(var);
+                continue;
+            }
             // declarations of (static) pointers are (not) split up, array declarations are never split up
-            if (var->isLocal() && (!var->isStatic() || Token::simpleMatch(nameTok->next(), "[")) &&
-                !astIsRangeBasedForDecl(nameTok))
+            if ((!var->isStatic() || Token::simpleMatch(nameTok->next(), "[")))
                 continue;
         }
         // Skip function pointers
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 7a3f0a176cf..202b8d97ed5 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -3996,6 +3996,12 @@ class TestOther : public TestFixture {
               "    return static_cast<const D&>(b).i;\n"
               "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:9:10]: (style) Parameter 'b' can be declared as reference to const [constParameterReference]\n", errout_str());
+
+        check("void f(int *p) {\n" // #14409
+              "    int*& pp{ p };\n"
+              "    if (*pp) {}\n"
+              "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
     }
 
     void constParameterCallback() {