diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/performance/CanBeStaticVisitor.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/performance/CanBeStaticVisitor.java
index 4dc99003a919..7459f2493953 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/performance/CanBeStaticVisitor.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/performance/CanBeStaticVisitor.java
@@ -29,11 +29,14 @@ class CanBeStaticVisitor extends JavaRecursiveElementWalkingVisitor {
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void visitThisExpression(@NotNull PsiThisExpression expression) {
+    canBeStatic = false;
+    stopWalking();
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void visitReferenceExpression(@NotNull PsiReferenceExpression ref) {
-    if (!canBeStatic) {
-      return;
-    }
     super.visitReferenceExpression(ref);
     PsiElement element = ref.resolve();
 
@@ -41,6 +44,7 @@ class CanBeStaticVisitor extends JavaRecursiveElementWalkingVisitor {
         !owner.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.STATIC) &&
         !(owner instanceof PsiClass cls && ClassUtil.isTopLevelClass(cls))) {
       canBeStatic = false;
+      stopWalking();
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/performance/field_may_be_static/FieldMayBeStatic.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/performance/field_may_be_static/FieldMayBeStatic.java
index e826bdcd7db6..0a8f09d878e9 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/performance/field_may_be_static/FieldMayBeStatic.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/performance/field_may_be_static/FieldMayBeStatic.java
@@ -66,4 +66,9 @@ class Outer {
     }.run();
   }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+class ThisExpression {
+  private final boolean test = this instanceof Sub;
+
+  static class Sub extends ThisExpression {}
+}