diff --git a/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs b/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs
index f0c54fe..ccf183e 100644
--- a/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs
+++ b/ShellCheck/ASTLib.hs
@@ -262,6 +262,11 @@ getAssociativeArrays t =
         let flags = getAllFlags t
         guard $ elem "A" $ map snd flags
         let args = map fst . filter ((==) "" . snd) $ flags
-        let names = mapMaybe getLiteralString args
+        let names = mapMaybe (getLiteralStringExt nameAssignments) args
         return $ tell names
     f _ = return ()
+
+    nameAssignments t =
+        case t of
+            T_Assignment _ _ name _ _ -> return name
+            otherwise -> Nothing
diff --git a/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs b/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
index 1afa9b4..9dfe2cb 100644
--- a/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
+++ b/ShellCheck/Analytics.hs
@@ -2120,6 +2120,7 @@ prop_checkUnassignedReferences21= verifyTree checkUnassignedReferences "echo ${#
 prop_checkUnassignedReferences22= verifyNotTree checkUnassignedReferences "echo ${!os*}"
 prop_checkUnassignedReferences23= verifyTree checkUnassignedReferences "declare -a foo; foo[bar]=42;"
 prop_checkUnassignedReferences24= verifyNotTree checkUnassignedReferences "declare -A foo; foo[bar]=42;"
+prop_checkUnassignedReferences25= verifyNotTree checkUnassignedReferences "declare -A foo=(); foo[bar]=42;"
 checkUnassignedReferences params t = warnings
   where
     (readMap, writeMap) = execState (mapM tally $ variableFlow params) (Map.empty, Map.empty)