diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/style/UnnecessarilyQualifiedStaticUsageInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/style/UnnecessarilyQualifiedStaticUsageInspection.java
index f4c0fc9c4bf5..916ac00dc8be 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/style/UnnecessarilyQualifiedStaticUsageInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/style/UnnecessarilyQualifiedStaticUsageInspection.java
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public class UnnecessarilyQualifiedStaticUsageInspection
                                     PsiClass.class);
       final PsiClass qualifyingClass = (PsiClass)resolvedQualifier;
       if (containingClass == null ||
-          !containingClass.equals(qualifyingClass)) {
+          !PsiTreeUtil.isAncestor(qualifyingClass, containingClass, false)) {
         return false;
       }
       final Project project = referenceElement.getProject();
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_static_usage/UnnecessarilyQualifiedStaticUsageInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_static_usage/UnnecessarilyQualifiedStaticUsageInspection.java
index 5f3d167a6071..280807e68454 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_static_usage/UnnecessarilyQualifiedStaticUsageInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_static_usage/UnnecessarilyQualifiedStaticUsageInspection.java
@@ -65,4 +65,19 @@ class X {
         l.add("b");
         l.add("c");
     }
+}
+
+class InnerClassTest {
+  public static int foo = 0;
+
+  public static void bar() {
+    System.out.println();
+  }
+
+  public static class Inner {
+    public void test1() {
+      InnerClassTest.bar();                     // (1)
+      System.out.println(InnerClassTest.foo);   // (2)
+    }
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_static_usage/expected.xml b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_static_usage/expected.xml
index 40b4c19d339f..8b0891f73fa2 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_static_usage/expected.xml
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/style/unnecessarily_qualified_static_usage/expected.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@
     <line>64</line>
     <problem_class severity="WARNING" attribute_key="WARNING_ATTRIBUTES">Unnecessarily qualified static access</problem_class>
     <description>Unnecessarily qualified static access &lt;code&gt;X.l&lt;/code&gt; #loc</description>
+  </problem> 
+  
+  <problem>
+    <file>UnnecessarilyQualifiedStaticUsageInspection.java</file>
+    <line>79</line>
+    <problem_class severity="WARNING" attribute_key="WARNING_ATTRIBUTES">Unnecessarily qualified static access</problem_class>
+    <description>Unnecessarily qualified static method call &lt;code&gt;InnerClassTest.bar()&lt;/code&gt; #loc</description>
+  </problem>
+  
+  <problem>
+    <file>UnnecessarilyQualifiedStaticUsageInspection.java</file>
+    <line>80</line>
+    <problem_class severity="WARNING" attribute_key="WARNING_ATTRIBUTES">Unnecessarily qualified static access</problem_class>
+    <description>Unnecessarily qualified static access &lt;code&gt;InnerClassTest.foo&lt;/code&gt; #loc</description>
   </problem>
 
 </problems>
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