diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/style/UnnecessarilyQualifiedInnerClassAccessInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/style/UnnecessarilyQualifiedInnerClassAccessInspection.java
index 2ceaad14bfe5..8e0d86f0d325 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/style/UnnecessarilyQualifiedInnerClassAccessInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/style/UnnecessarilyQualifiedInnerClassAccessInspection.java
@@ -168,8 +168,7 @@ public class UnnecessarilyQualifiedInnerClassAccessInspection
       visitReferenceElement(expression);
     }
 
-    private boolean isReferenceToTarget(
-      String referenceText, PsiClass target, PsiElement context) {
+    private boolean isReferenceToTarget(String referenceText, PsiClass target, PsiElement context) {
       final PsiManager manager = target.getManager();
       final JavaPsiFacade facade =
         JavaPsiFacade.getInstance(manager.getProject());
@@ -177,8 +176,7 @@ public class UnnecessarilyQualifiedInnerClassAccessInspection
       final PsiClass referencedClass =
         resolveHelper.resolveReferencedClass(referenceText,
                                              context);
-      return referencedClass == null ||
-             manager.areElementsEquivalent(target, referencedClass);
+      return manager.areElementsEquivalent(target, referencedClass);
     }
 
     private boolean isInImportOrPackage(PsiElement element) {
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_inner_class_access/Test.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_inner_class_access/Test.java
index 5c0065f525c8..932c8a2ab670 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_inner_class_access/Test.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_inner_class_access/Test.java
@@ -29,4 +29,11 @@ public class Test<T> {
 }
 @interface Y {
     Class value();
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+class Foo extends PresenterWidget<Foo.Bar> { //no warning as Bar here is not accessible
+    interface Bar extends View { }
+}
+
+interface View {}
+class PresenterWidget<T>{}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_inner_class_access/expected.xml b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_inner_class_access/expected.xml
index bcdeef45f4de..cc3a3bca2221 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_inner_class_access/expected.xml
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_inner_class_access/expected.xml
@@ -1,19 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <problems>
-  
-  <problem>
-    <file>Test.java</file>
-    <line>3</line>
-    <problem_class severity="WARNING" attribute_key="WARNING_ATTRIBUTES">Unnecessarily qualified inner class access</problem_class>
-    <description>'X' is unnecessarily qualified with &lt;code&gt;Test&lt;/code&gt; #loc</description>
-  </problem>
-
-  <problem>
-    <file>Test.java</file>
-    <line>7</line>
-    <problem_class severity="WARNING" attribute_key="WARNING_ATTRIBUTES">Unnecessarily qualified inner class access</problem_class>
-    <description>'Entry' is unnecessarily qualified with &lt;code&gt;Map&lt;/code&gt; #loc</description>
-  </problem>
 
   <problem>
     <file>Test.java</file>