diff --git a/lib/checkother.cpp b/lib/checkother.cpp
index 21657cfd9fd..9dee8df7810 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.cpp
+++ b/lib/checkother.cpp
@@ -2033,8 +2033,11 @@ void CheckOtherImpl::checkConstPointer()
             nonConstPointers.emplace(var);
     }
     for (const Variable *p: pointers) {
+        bool foundAllBaseClasses = true;
         if (p->isArgument()) {
-            if (!p->scope() || !p->scope()->function || p->scope()->function->isImplicitlyVirtual(true) || p->scope()->function->hasVirtualSpecifier())
+            if (!p->scope() || !p->scope()->function || p->scope()->function->hasVirtualSpecifier())
+                continue;
+            if (p->scope()->function->isImplicitlyVirtual(true, &foundAllBaseClasses) && foundAllBaseClasses)
                 continue;
             if (p->isMaybeUnused())
                 continue;
@@ -2051,12 +2054,12 @@ void CheckOtherImpl::checkConstPointer()
                 continue;
             if (p->typeStartToken() && p->typeStartToken()->isSimplifiedTypedef() && !(Token::simpleMatch(p->typeEndToken(), "*") && !p->typeEndToken()->isSimplifiedTypedef()))
                 continue;
-            constVariableError(p, p->isArgument() ? p->scope()->function : nullptr);
+            constVariableError(p, p->isArgument() ? p->scope()->function : nullptr, foundAllBaseClasses);
         }
     }
 }
 
-void CheckOtherImpl::constVariableError(const Variable *var, const Function *function)
+void CheckOtherImpl::constVariableError(const Variable *var, const Function *function, bool foundAllBaseClasses)
 {
     if (!var) {
         reportError(nullptr, Severity::style, "constParameter", "Parameter 'x' can be declared with const");
@@ -2069,13 +2072,18 @@ void CheckOtherImpl::constVariableError(const Variable *var, const Function *fun
         return;
     }
 
-    const std::string vartype(var->isArgument() ? "Parameter" : "Variable");
+    std::string vartype(var->isArgument() ? "Parameter" : "Variable");
     const std::string& varname(var->name());
     const std::string ptrRefArray = var->isArray() ? "const array" : (var->isPointer() ? "pointer to const" : "reference to const");
 
     ErrorPath errorPath;
     std::string id = "const" + vartype;
-    std::string message = "$symbol:" + varname + "\n" + vartype + " '$symbol' can be declared as " + ptrRefArray;
+    std::string message = "$symbol:" + varname + "\n";
+    if (!foundAllBaseClasses) {
+        message += "Either there is a missing override/final keyword, or the ";
+        vartype[0] = std::tolower(vartype[0]);
+    }
+    message += vartype + " '$symbol' can be declared as " + ptrRefArray;
     errorPath.emplace_back(var->nameToken(), message);
     if (var->isArgument() && function && function->functionPointerUsage) {
         errorPath.emplace_front(function->functionPointerUsage, "You might need to cast the function pointer here");
diff --git a/lib/checkother.h b/lib/checkother.h
index 759a4d23e7b..caf9f4a9e57 100644
--- a/lib/checkother.h
+++ b/lib/checkother.h
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class CPPCHECKLIB CheckOtherImpl : public CheckImpl {
     void suspiciousFloatingPointCastError(const Token *tok);
     void invalidPointerCastError(const Token* tok, const std::string& from, const std::string& to, bool inconclusive, bool toIsInt);
     void passedByValueError(const Variable* var, bool inconclusive, bool isRangeBasedFor = false);
-    void constVariableError(const Variable *var, const Function *function);
+    void constVariableError(const Variable *var, const Function *function, bool foundAllBaseClasses = true);
     void constStatementError(const Token *tok, const std::string &type, bool inconclusive);
     void signedCharArrayIndexError(const Token *tok);
     void unknownSignCharArrayIndexError(const Token *tok);
diff --git a/test/testother.cpp b/test/testother.cpp
index 60323b3395b..fa6899cf543 100644
--- a/test/testother.cpp
+++ b/test/testother.cpp
@@ -4914,6 +4914,18 @@ class TestOther : public TestFixture {
         ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2:14]: (style) Parameter 's' can be declared as pointer to const [constParameterPointer]\n"
                       "[test.cpp:2:46]: (style) Parameter 'p' can be declared as pointer to const [constParameterPointer]\n",
                       errout_str());
+
+        check("struct S : U {\n" // #13944
+              "    void f(int* p) const {\n"
+              "        if (m == p) {}\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "    void g(int* p) final {\n"
+              "        if (m == p) {}\n"
+              "    }\n"
+              "    int* m;\n"
+              "};\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2:17]: (style) Either there is a missing override/final keyword, or the parameter 'p' can be declared as pointer to const [constParameterPointer]\n",
+                      errout_str());
     }
 
     void constArray() {