diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/TwineLocalCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/TwineLocalCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/TwineLocalCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/llvm/TwineLocalCheck.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,10 @@
 
 void TwineLocalCheck::registerMatchers(MatchFinder *Finder) {
   auto TwineType =
-      qualType(hasDeclaration(recordDecl(hasName("::llvm::Twine"))));
-  Finder->addMatcher(varDecl(hasType(TwineType)).bind("variable"), this);
+      qualType(hasDeclaration(cxxRecordDecl(hasName("::llvm::Twine"))));
+  Finder->addMatcher(
+      varDecl(unless(parmVarDecl()), hasType(TwineType)).bind("variable"),
+      this);
 }
 
 void TwineLocalCheck::check(const MatchFinder::MatchResult &Result) {
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm-twine-local.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm-twine-local.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm-twine-local.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/llvm-twine-local.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 using namespace llvm;
 
 void foo(const Twine &x);
+void bar(Twine x);
 
 static Twine Moo = Twine("bark") + "bah";
 // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:14: warning: twine variables are prone to use-after-free bugs