diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/maturity/ThrowablePrintStackTraceInspectionBase.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/maturity/ThrowablePrintStackTraceInspectionBase.java
index 69c9e5642457..621015a685fe 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/maturity/ThrowablePrintStackTraceInspectionBase.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/maturity/ThrowablePrintStackTraceInspectionBase.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 package com.siyeh.ig.maturity;
 
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.InheritanceUtil;
 import com.siyeh.HardcodedMethodConstants;
 import com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle;
 import com.siyeh.ig.BaseInspection;
@@ -69,8 +70,7 @@ public class ThrowablePrintStackTraceInspectionBase extends BaseInspection {
       if (containingClass == null) {
         return;
       }
-      final String name = containingClass.getQualifiedName();
-      if (!CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_THROWABLE.equals(name)) {
+      if (!InheritanceUtil.isInheritor(containingClass, false, CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_THROWABLE)) {
         return;
       }
       registerMethodCallError(expression, expression);
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/maturity/ThrowablePrintStackTraceInspectionTest.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/maturity/ThrowablePrintStackTraceInspectionTest.java
index 5928bb4cc53d..5e30afe17cd2 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/maturity/ThrowablePrintStackTraceInspectionTest.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/maturity/ThrowablePrintStackTraceInspectionTest.java
@@ -37,6 +37,16 @@ public class ThrowablePrintStackTraceInspectionTest extends LightInspectionTestC
                  "}");
   }
 
+  public void testPrintStacktraceOverridden() throws Exception {
+    addEnvironmentClass("public class FException extends Exception {\n" +
+                        "    @Override\n" +
+                        "    public void printStackTrace() {\n" +
+                        "        super.printStackTrace();\n" +
+                        "    }\n" +
+                        "}\n");
+    doStatementTest("new FException()./*Call to 'printStackTrace()' should probably be replaced with more robust logging*/printStackTrace/**/();");
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected InspectionProfileEntry getInspection() {
     return new ThrowablePrintStackTraceInspection();