diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection.java
index 4482e44e4f75..4c67f1d0273b 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection extends PyInspection {
       PyRecursiveElementVisitor visitor = new PyRecursiveElementVisitor() {
         @Override
         public void visitPyReferenceExpression(PyReferenceExpression node) {
+          super.visitPyReferenceExpression(node);
           if (PyNames.CANONICAL_SELF.equals(node.getName())) {
             mayBeStatic[0] = false;
           }
diff --git a/python/testData/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/withQualifier.py b/python/testData/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/withQualifier.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8385a021fff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/withQualifier.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+__author__ = 'ktisha'
+
+class Child(Base):
+
+    def f(self):
+        print self.f()
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diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspectionTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspectionTest.java
index 4a198d7983a0..6ae50ebfe844 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspectionTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspectionTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ public class PyMethodMayBeStaticInspectionTest extends PyTestCase {
     doTest();
   }
 
+  public void testWithQualifier() {
+    doTest();
+  }
+
   private void doTest() {
     myFixture.configureByFile("inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/" + getTestName(true) + ".py");
     myFixture.enableInspections(PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection.class);