diff --git a/lib/valueflow.cpp b/lib/valueflow.cpp
index 8eb5735c986..8da6695eb3e 100644
--- a/lib/valueflow.cpp
+++ b/lib/valueflow.cpp
@@ -6884,6 +6884,26 @@ static void valueFlowContainerSize(const TokenList& tokenlist,
                 }
                 for (const ValueFlow::Value& value : values)
                     setTokenValue(tok, value, settings);
+            }
+            else if (Token::Match(tok->previous(), ",|( {")) {
+                int nArg{};
+                if (const Token* funcTok = getTokenArgumentFunction(tok, nArg)) {
+                    if (const Function* func = funcTok->function()) {
+                        if (const Variable* var = func->getArgumentVar(nArg)) {
+                            if (var->valueType() && var->valueType()->container && var->valueType()->container->size_templateArgNo < 0) {
+                                std::vector<ValueFlow::Value> values = getInitListSize(tok, var->valueType(), settings, true);
+                                ValueFlow::Value tokValue;
+                                tokValue.valueType = ValueFlow::Value::ValueType::TOK;
+                                tokValue.tokvalue = tok;
+                                tokValue.setKnown();
+                                values.push_back(std::move(tokValue));
+
+                                for (const ValueFlow::Value &value : values)
+                                    setTokenValue(tok, value, settings);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             } else if (Token::Match(tok, ";|{|} %var% =") && Token::Match(tok->tokAt(2)->astOperand2(), "[({]") &&
                        // init list
                        ((tok->tokAt(2) == tok->tokAt(2)->astOperand2()->astParent() && !tok->tokAt(2)->astOperand2()->astOperand2() && tok->tokAt(2)->astOperand2()->str() == "{") ||
diff --git a/test/teststl.cpp b/test/teststl.cpp
index 43f5ca2eda5..9f3ddba54de 100644
--- a/test/teststl.cpp
+++ b/test/teststl.cpp
@@ -945,6 +945,28 @@ class TestStl : public TestFixture {
                     "    (void)v[0];\n"
                     "}\n");
         ASSERT_EQUALS("", errout_str());
+
+        checkNormal("int f(const std::vector<int>& v) {\n" // #8983
+                    "    return v[2];\n"
+                    "}\n"
+                    "int g() {\n"
+                    "    return f({});\n"
+                    "}\n"
+                    "int h() {\n"
+                    "    return f({ 1, 2 });\n"
+                    "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2:13]: error: Out of bounds access in 'v[2]', if 'v' size is 2 and '2' is 2 [containerOutOfBounds]\n"
+                      "[test.cpp:2:13]: error: Out of bounds access in expression 'v[2]' because 'v' is empty. [containerOutOfBounds]\n",
+                      errout_str());
+
+        checkNormal("int f(int x, const std::vector<int>& v) {\n"
+                    "    return x + v[0];\n"
+                    "}\n"
+                    "int g() {\n"
+                    "    return f(1, {});\n"
+                    "}\n");
+        ASSERT_EQUALS("[test.cpp:2:17]: error: Out of bounds access in expression 'v[0]' because 'v' is empty. [containerOutOfBounds]\n",
+                      errout_str());
     }
 
     void outOfBoundsSymbolic()