diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/NullabilityProblemKind.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/NullabilityProblemKind.java
index 0eb7c8f533f9..068744b18492 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/NullabilityProblemKind.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/NullabilityProblemKind.java
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ public class NullabilityProblemKind<T extends PsiElement> {
     }
     PsiElement parent = context.getParent();
     if (parent instanceof PsiReferenceExpression) {
+      PsiElement resolved = ((PsiReferenceExpression)parent).resolve();
+      if (resolved instanceof PsiMember && ((PsiMember)resolved).hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.STATIC)) {
+        return null;
+      }
       PsiElement grandParent = parent.getParent();
       if (grandParent instanceof PsiMethodCallExpression) {
         return callNPE.problem((PsiMethodCallExpression)grandParent, expression);
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/InstanceQualifiedStaticMember.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/InstanceQualifiedStaticMember.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4d970e5bfc47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/InstanceQualifiedStaticMember.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class Null {
+  public static void greet() {
+    System.out.println("Hello World");
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    Null null1 = null;
+    null1.greet();
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
index f533821a1c4d..a62934b66c15 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
@@ -666,4 +666,5 @@ public class DataFlowInspectionTest extends DataFlowInspectionTestCase {
   public void testArrayElementLocality() { doTest(); }
   public void testOverwrittenParameter() { doTest(); }
   public void testClassCastExceptionDispatch() { doTest(); }
+  public void testInstanceQualifiedStaticMember() { doTest(); }
 }