diff --git a/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/GenericTaintChecker.cpp b/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/GenericTaintChecker.cpp
--- a/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/GenericTaintChecker.cpp
+++ b/clang/lib/StaticAnalyzer/Checkers/GenericTaintChecker.cpp
@@ -926,7 +926,9 @@
   });
 
   /// Check for taint propagation sources.
-  /// A rule is relevant if PropSrcArgs is empty, or if any of its signified
+  /// A rule will make the destination variables tainted if PropSrcArgs
+  /// is empty (taints the destination
+  /// arguments unconditionally), or if any of its signified
   /// args are tainted in context of the current CallEvent.
   bool IsMatching = PropSrcArgs.isEmpty();
   std::vector<SymbolRef> TaintedSymbols;
@@ -949,6 +951,8 @@
     }
   });
 
+  // Early return for propagation rules which dont match.
+  // Matching propagations, Sinks and Filters will pass this point.
   if (!IsMatching)
     return;
 
@@ -975,10 +979,13 @@
           Result = F.add(Result, I);
         }
 
+        // Taint property gets lost if the variable is passed as a
+        // non-const pointer or reference to a function which is
+        // not inlined. For matching rules we want to preserve the taintedness.
         // TODO: We should traverse all reachable memory regions via the
         // escaping parameter. Instead of doing that we simply mark only the
         // referred memory region as tainted.
-        if (WouldEscape(V, E->getType())) {
+        if (WouldEscape(V, E->getType()) && getTaintedPointeeOrPointer(State, V)) {
           LLVM_DEBUG(if (!Result.contains(I)) {
             llvm::dbgs() << "PreCall<";
             Call.dump(llvm::dbgs());
diff --git a/clang/test/Analysis/Inputs/taint-generic-config.yaml b/clang/test/Analysis/Inputs/taint-generic-config.yaml
--- a/clang/test/Analysis/Inputs/taint-generic-config.yaml
+++ b/clang/test/Analysis/Inputs/taint-generic-config.yaml
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@
     Scope: "myAnotherNamespace::"
     Args:  [0]
 
+  # char *str; // str is tainted
+  # sanitizeCmd(str) // str is not tainted anymore
+  - Name: sanitizeCmd
+    Args: [0]
+
 # A list of sink functions
 Sinks:
   # int x, y; // x and y are tainted
diff --git a/clang/test/Analysis/taint-generic.c b/clang/test/Analysis/taint-generic.c
--- a/clang/test/Analysis/taint-generic.c
+++ b/clang/test/Analysis/taint-generic.c
@@ -1010,7 +1010,8 @@
 void myScanf(const char*, ...);
 int myPropagator(int, int*);
 int mySnprintf(char*, size_t, const char*, ...);
-bool isOutOfRange(const int*);
+bool isOutOfRange(const int*); // const filter function
+void sanitizeCmd(char*); // non-const filter function
 void mySink(int, int, int);
 
 void testConfigurationSources1(void) {
@@ -1044,6 +1045,19 @@
   Buffer[x] = 1; // no-warning
 }
 
+void testConfigurationFilterNonConst(void) {
+  char buffer[1000];
+  myScanf("%s", buffer); // makes buffer tainted
+  system(buffer); // expected-warning {{Untrusted data is passed to a system call}}
+}
+
+void testConfigurationFilterNonConst2(void) {
+  char buffer[1000];
+  myScanf("%s", buffer); // makes buffer tainted
+  sanitizeCmd(buffer); // removes taintedness
+  system(buffer); // no-warning
+}
+
 void testConfigurationSinks(void) {
   int x = mySource1();
   mySink(x, 1, 2);