diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantStringCStrCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantStringCStrCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantStringCStrCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/RedundantStringCStrCheck.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
 
   if (Text.empty())
     return std::string();
+
+  // https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/56705
+  Text.consume_back("->");
+
   // Add leading '*'.
   if (needParensAfterUnaryOperator(ExprNode)) {
     return (llvm::Twine("*(") + Text + ")").str();
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-string-cstr.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-string-cstr.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-string-cstr.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability/redundant-string-cstr.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 // RUN: %check_clang_tidy %s readability-redundant-string-cstr %t -- -- -isystem %clang_tidy_headers
 #include <string>
 
+template <typename T>
+struct iterator {
+  T *operator->();
+};
+
 namespace llvm {
 struct StringRef {
   StringRef(const char *p);
@@ -202,6 +207,15 @@
   m1p2(s.c_str());  
 }
 
+// Test for iterator
+void it(iterator<std::string> i)
+{
+  std::string tmp;
+  tmp = i->c_str();
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:9: warning: redundant call to 'c_str' [readability-redundant-string-cstr]
+  // CHECK-FIXES: {{^  }}tmp = *i;{{$}}
+}
+
 namespace PR45286 {
 struct Foo {
   void func(const std::string &) {}