diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index f52b7cf8ba0..7c7cf189323 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -1727,6 +1727,9 @@ void CheckOther::checkConstVariable()
                     retTok = retTok->astOperand2();
                 if (Token::simpleMatch(retTok, "&"))
                     retTok = retTok->astOperand1();
+                ValueFlow::Value ltVal = ValueFlow::getLifetimeObjValue(retTok);
+                if (ltVal.isLifetimeValue() && ltVal.tokvalue->varId() == var->declarationId())
+                    return true;
                 return ValueFlow::hasLifetimeToken(getParentLifetime(retTok), var->nameToken(), *mSettings);
             }))
                 continue;
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index e363642684d..44d4bb3cd4b 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -3960,6 +3960,9 @@ class TestOther : public TestFixture {
 
         check("void push(V& v) { v.push_back({ .x = 1 }); }"); // #14010
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
+
+        check("size_t* f(std::array<uint8_t, 128>& a) { return reinterpret_cast<size_t*>(a.data()); }\n"); // #14074
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
     }
 
     void constParameterCallback() {