diff --git a/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp b/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp
index 97337c3ab40..256f2e32a1b 100644
--- a/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp
+++ b/lib/fwdanalysis.cpp
@@ -497,6 +497,8 @@ bool FwdAnalysis::possiblyAliased(const Token *expr, const Token *startToken) co
         return true;
     if (Token::simpleMatch(expr, ". *"))
         return true;
+    if (expr->str() == "(" && Token::simpleMatch(expr->astOperand1(), "."))
+        return true;
 
     const bool macro = false;
     const bool pure = false;
diff --git a/test/cfg/qt.cpp b/test/cfg/qt.cpp
index d89fc4a8443..f77ea2e88ba 100644
--- a/test/cfg/qt.cpp
+++ b/test/cfg/qt.cpp
@@ -775,3 +775,13 @@ void unusedVariable_qtContainers() // #10689
     QLatin1String ql1s;
 }
 
+void unreadVariable_QMapIterator(QMap<QString, QObject*>& m)
+{
+    auto it = m.find("abc"); // #12662
+    if (it != m.end()) {
+        // cppcheck-suppress checkLibraryFunction // TODO
+        delete it.value();
+        // cppcheck-suppress checkLibraryFunction
+        it.value() = new QObject();
+    }
+}