diff --git a/test/testleakautovar.cpp b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
index daf738e7b46..7aa64c1cd3c 100644
--- a/test/testleakautovar.cpp
+++ b/test/testleakautovar.cpp
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ class TestLeakAutoVar : public TestFixture {
         TEST_CASE(return10);
         TEST_CASE(return11); // #13098
         TEST_CASE(return12); // #12238
+        TEST_CASE(return13);
 
         // General tests: variable type, allocation type, etc
         TEST_CASE(test1);
@@ -2838,6 +2839,22 @@ class TestLeakAutoVar : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
     }
 
+    void return13() { // #4638
+        CheckOptions options;
+        options.cpp = true;
+        check("bool f() {\n"
+              "    int* p = new int;\n"
+              "    return p;\n"
+              "}\n"
+              "bool g() {\n"
+              "    void* p = malloc(4);\n"
+              "    return p;\n"
+              "}\n", options);
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:3:5]: (error) Memory leak: p [memleak]\n"
+                      "[test.cpp:7:5]: (error) Memory leak: p [memleak]\n",
+                      errout_str());
+    }
+
     void test1() {
         check("void f(double*&p) {\n" // 3809
               "    p = malloc(0x100);\n"