diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/packageDependencies/JavaDependencyVisitorFactory.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/packageDependencies/JavaDependencyVisitorFactory.java
index d7753e9cff6b..8f5de47adaba 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/packageDependencies/JavaDependencyVisitorFactory.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/packageDependencies/JavaDependencyVisitorFactory.java
@@ -38,21 +38,20 @@ public class JavaDependencyVisitorFactory extends DependencyVisitorFactory {
 
     @Override
     public void visitReferenceExpression(@NotNull PsiReferenceExpression expression) {
+      if (expression.getParent() instanceof PsiReferenceExpression expr && expr.isQualified()) return;
       visitReferenceElement(expression);
     }
 
     @Override
     public void visitElement(@NotNull PsiElement element) {
-      super.visitElement(element);
       processElement(element);
+      super.visitElement(element);
     }
 
     private void processElement(@NotNull PsiElement element) {
       for (PsiReference ref : element.getReferences()) {
         PsiElement resolved = ref.resolve();
-        if (resolved != null) {
-          myProcessor.process(ref.getElement(), resolved);
-        }
+        if (resolved != null) myProcessor.process(ref.getElement(), resolved);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/jvm/jvm-analysis-java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/tests/java/JavaDependencyInspectionTest.kt b/jvm/jvm-analysis-java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/tests/java/JavaDependencyInspectionTest.kt
index fe26392998ee..41a9476978fb 100644
--- a/jvm/jvm-analysis-java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/tests/java/JavaDependencyInspectionTest.kt
+++ b/jvm/jvm-analysis-java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/tests/java/JavaDependencyInspectionTest.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ class JavaDependencyInspectionTest : DependencyInspectionTestBase() {
       }            
     """.trimIndent(), skipImports = true)
 
+  fun `test illegal imported dependency qualified expression`() = dependencyViolationTest(javaFooFile, "ImportClientJava.java", """
+      package pkg.client;
+      
+      import pkg.api.JavaFoo;
+
+      class Client {
+        public static void main(String[] args) {
+          <error descr="Dependency rule 'Deny usages of scope 'JavaFoo' in scope 'ImportClientJava'.' is violated">JavaFoo.foo</error>();
+        } 
+      }            
+    """.trimIndent(), skipImports = true)
+
   fun `test illegal fully qualified dependency Java API`() = dependencyViolationTest(javaFooFile, "FqClientJava.java", """
       package pkg.client;