diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/VariableNotUsedInsideIfInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/VariableNotUsedInsideIfInspection.java
index bae56e94b550..658835629bcf 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/VariableNotUsedInsideIfInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/VariableNotUsedInsideIfInspection.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package com.siyeh.ig.bugs;
 
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtil;
 import com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle;
 import com.siyeh.ig.BaseInspection;
 import com.siyeh.ig.BaseInspectionVisitor;
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public class VariableNotUsedInsideIfInspection extends BaseInspection {
     @Override
     public void visitConditionalExpression(PsiConditionalExpression expression) {
       super.visitConditionalExpression(expression);
-      final PsiExpression condition = expression.getCondition();
+      final PsiExpression condition = PsiUtil.skipParenthesizedExprDown(expression.getCondition());
       if (!(condition instanceof PsiBinaryExpression)) {
         return;
       }
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/variable_not_used_inside_if/VariableNotUsedInsideIf.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/variable_not_used_inside_if/VariableNotUsedInsideIf.java
index c6d13025555d..33925cea2eec 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/variable_not_used_inside_if/VariableNotUsedInsideIf.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/variable_not_used_inside_if/VariableNotUsedInsideIf.java
@@ -61,4 +61,9 @@ public class VariableNotUsedInsideIf {
   private int someValue() {
     return 0;
   }
+
+  void perenthesis(String[] args)
+  {
+    String message = (args == null) ? "not null" : "null";
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/variable_not_used_inside_if/expected.xml b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/variable_not_used_inside_if/expected.xml
index 603a54209ebd..c3a2f7643220 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/variable_not_used_inside_if/expected.xml
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/variable_not_used_inside_if/expected.xml
@@ -41,4 +41,12 @@
     <problem_class severity="WARNING" attribute_key="WARNING_ATTRIBUTES">Reference checked for 'null' is not used inside 'if'</problem_class>
     <description>&lt;code&gt;x&lt;/code&gt; checked for 'null' is not used inside conditional #loc</description>
   </problem>
+
+  <problem>
+    <file>VariableNotUsedInsideIf.java</file>
+    <line>67</line>
+    <problem_class severity="WARNING" attribute_key="WARNING_ATTRIBUTES">Reference checked for 'null' is not used inside 'if'</problem_class>
+    <description>&lt;code&gt;args&lt;/code&gt; checked for 'null' is not used inside conditional #loc</description>
+  </problem>
+
 </problems>
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