diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 325a55e98e5..aa0b2c91c29 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -5422,6 +5422,11 @@ static void valueFlowForLoopSimplifyAfter(Token* fortok, nonneg int varid, const
         endToken = fortok->scope()->bodyEnd;
 
     Token* blockTok = fortok->linkAt(1)->linkAt(1);
+    if (const Token* escape = findEscapeStatement(blockTok->scope(), settings.library)) {
+        if (settings.debugwarnings)
+            bailout(tokenlist, errorLogger, escape, "For loop variable bailout on escape statement");
+        return;
+    }
     if (blockTok != endToken) {
         ValueFlow::Value v{num};
         v.errorPath.emplace_back(fortok,"After for loop, " + var->name() + " has value " + v.infoString());
diff --git a/test/testtokenize.cpp b/test/testtokenize.cpp
index cc793f58873..e9399d62a30 100644
--- a/test/testtokenize.cpp
+++ b/test/testtokenize.cpp
@@ -1323,6 +1323,10 @@ class TestTokenizer : public TestFixture {
                       "return ; } }\n\n"
                       "return ;\n"
                       "}", tokenizeAndStringify(code));
+        ASSERT_EQUALS_WITHOUT_LINENUMBERS(
+            "[test.cpp:5:1]: (debug) valueflow.cpp:5427:valueFlowForLoopSimplifyAfter bailout: For loop variable bailout on escape statement [valueFlowBailout]\n"
+            "[test.cpp:5:1]: (debug) valueflow.cpp:5427:valueFlowForLoopSimplifyAfter bailout: For loop variable bailout on escape statement [valueFlowBailout]\n",
+            errout_str());
     }
 
     void ifAddBraces7() {
diff --git a/test/testvalueflow.cpp b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
index 56bd0e26ce2..54d80f458f6 100644
--- a/test/testvalueflow.cpp
+++ b/test/testvalueflow.cpp
@@ -5143,6 +5143,18 @@ class TestValueFlow : public TestFixture {
         ++it;
         ASSERT_EQUALS(5, it->intvalue);
         ASSERT(it->isImpossible());
+
+        code = "int a[5];\n" // #14998
+               "int f() {\n"
+               "    int i;\n"
+               "    for (i = 0; true; ++i) {\n"
+               "        if (i == 4)\n"
+               "            break;\n"
+               "    }\n"
+               "    return a[i];\n"
+               "}\n";
+        values = tokenValues(code, "i ]");
+        ASSERT(values.empty());
     }
 
     void valueFlowSubFunction() {