diff --git a/src/Meziantou.Analyzer/Internals/OperationExtensions.cs b/src/Meziantou.Analyzer/Internals/OperationExtensions.cs
index a116101bc..ffbadffac 100644
--- a/src/Meziantou.Analyzer/Internals/OperationExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Meziantou.Analyzer/Internals/OperationExtensions.cs
@@ -238,6 +238,28 @@ static bool IsValid(Location location, int operationLocation, int? staticContext
                 }
             }
 
+            if (symbol.Kind is SymbolKind.Local)
+            {
+                // var a = Sample(a); // cannot use "a"
+                var ancestors = operation.Ancestors();
+                var isInInitializer = false;
+                foreach (var ancestor in ancestors)
+                {
+                    if (ancestor is IVariableDeclaratorOperation declaratorOperation)
+                    {
+                        if (declaratorOperation.Symbol.IsEqualTo(symbol))
+                        {
+                            isInInitializer = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+
+                if (isInInitializer)
+                    continue;
+            }
+
+
             yield return symbol;
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Helpers/ProjectBuilder.cs b/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Helpers/ProjectBuilder.cs
index 2ebe6e58c..dec7d0198 100644
--- a/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Helpers/ProjectBuilder.cs
+++ b/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Helpers/ProjectBuilder.cs
@@ -268,6 +268,12 @@ public ProjectBuilder WithNoFixCompilation()
         return this;
     }
 
+    public ProjectBuilder WithDefaultAnalyzerId(string id)
+    {
+        DefaultAnalyzerId = id;
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public ProjectBuilder WithAnalyzer(DiagnosticAnalyzer diagnosticAnalyzer, string id = null, string message = null)
     {
         DiagnosticAnalyzer.Add(diagnosticAnalyzer);
diff --git a/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Rules/UseAnOverloadThatHasCancellationTokenAnalyzerTests.cs b/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Rules/UseAnOverloadThatHasCancellationTokenAnalyzerTests.cs
index 59fafa10f..b80b0454a 100644
--- a/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Rules/UseAnOverloadThatHasCancellationTokenAnalyzerTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Meziantou.Analyzer.Test/Rules/UseAnOverloadThatHasCancellationTokenAnalyzerTests.cs
@@ -1019,4 +1019,23 @@ await CreateProjectBuilder()
               .ValidateAsync();
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task CancellationTokenNotAvailableAsVariableDeclarator()
+    {
+        const string SourceCode = @"
+using System.Threading;
+class Test
+{
+    public static void A()
+    {
+        CancellationToken Foo(CancellationToken cancellationToken = default) => cancellationToken;
+
+        var token = [||]Foo();
+    }
+}";
+        await CreateProjectBuilder()
+              .WithDefaultAnalyzerId("MA0032")
+              .WithSourceCode(SourceCode)
+              .ValidateAsync();
+    }
 }