diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection.java
index 7e467a5394a8..d488216235d2 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import com.jetbrains.python.PyNames;
 import com.jetbrains.python.inspections.quickfix.PyMakeFunctionFromMethodQuickFix;
 import com.jetbrains.python.inspections.quickfix.PyMakeMethodStaticQuickFix;
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.*;
+import com.jetbrains.python.psi.search.PyOverridingMethodsSearch;
 import com.jetbrains.python.psi.search.PySuperMethodsSearch;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -50,6 +51,8 @@ public class PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection extends PyInspection {
       if (containingClass == null) return;
       final Collection<PsiElement> supers = PySuperMethodsSearch.search(node).findAll();
       if (!supers.isEmpty()) return;
+      final Collection<PyFunction> overrides = PyOverridingMethodsSearch.search(node, true).findAll();
+      if (!overrides.isEmpty()) return;
       final PyDecoratorList decoratorList = node.getDecoratorList();
       if (decoratorList != null) {
         for (PyDecorator decorator : decoratorList.getDecorators()) {
diff --git a/python/testData/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/overwrittenMethod.py b/python/testData/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/overwrittenMethod.py
index 4a7badf376e7..534de6ffb0be 100644
--- a/python/testData/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/overwrittenMethod.py
+++ b/python/testData/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/overwrittenMethod.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 class A:
-  def <weak_warning descr="Method 'f' may be 'static'">f</weak_warning>(self, a):
+  def f(self, a):
     print "A"
 
 class B(A):
diff --git a/python/testData/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/superMethod.py b/python/testData/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/superMethod.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6df1a27e05d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/superMethod.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class A:
+  def f(self, a):
+    print "A"
+
+class B(A):
+  def f(self, a):
+    print self.b
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspectionTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspectionTest.java
index ede506a18cc9..a3e39dd9dddb 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspectionTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspectionTest.java
@@ -46,10 +46,15 @@ public class PyMethodMayBeStaticInspectionTest extends PyTestCase {
   public void testNotImplemented() {
     doTest();
   }
+
   public void testOverwrittenMethod() {
     doTest();
   }
 
+  public void testSuperMethod() {
+    doTest();
+  }
+
   private void doTest() {
     myFixture.configureByFile("inspections/PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection/" + getTestName(true) + ".py");
     myFixture.enableInspections(PyMethodMayBeStaticInspection.class);