diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/RedundantSamConstructorInspection.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/RedundantSamConstructorInspection.kt
index c6616b05e0b..08ead9083e2 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/RedundantSamConstructorInspection.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/RedundantSamConstructorInspection.kt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class RedundantSamConstructorInspection : AbstractKotlinInspection() {
             if (single != null) {
                 val calleeExpression = single.calleeExpression ?: return
                 val problemDescriptor = holder.manager.createProblemDescriptor(
-                    calleeExpression,
+                    single.getQualifiedExpressionForSelectorOrThis(),
                     single.typeArgumentList ?: calleeExpression,
                     "Redundant SAM-constructor",
                     ProblemHighlightType.LIKE_UNUSED_SYMBOL,
diff --git a/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/.inspection b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/.inspection
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87023e85c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/.inspection
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.inspections.RedundantSamConstructorInspection
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/nestedInterface.1.java b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/nestedInterface.1.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..74181972ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/nestedInterface.1.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+public class Foo {
+    public interface Bar {
+        void baz();
+    }
+    public static void foo(Bar bar) {
+        bar.baz();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/nestedInterface.kt b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/nestedInterface.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fdf3743c30f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/nestedInterface.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fun test() {
+    Foo.foo(<caret>Foo.Bar { })
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/nestedInterface.kt.after b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/nestedInterface.kt.after
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..14f1d949f12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/nestedInterface.kt.after
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fun test() {
+    Foo.foo({ })
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/LocalInspectionTestGenerated.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/LocalInspectionTestGenerated.java
index 3ee9733ea14..cdff9898ffa 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/LocalInspectionTestGenerated.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/LocalInspectionTestGenerated.java
@@ -3117,6 +3117,21 @@ public class LocalInspectionTestGenerated extends AbstractLocalInspectionTest {
         }
     }
 
+    @TestMetadata("idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor")
+    @TestDataPath("$PROJECT_ROOT")
+    @RunWith(JUnit3RunnerWithInners.class)
+    public static class RedundantSamConstructor extends AbstractLocalInspectionTest {
+        public void testAllFilesPresentInRedundantSamConstructor() throws Exception {
+            KotlinTestUtils.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadata(this.getClass(), new File("idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor"), Pattern.compile("^([\\w\\-_]+)\\.(kt|kts)$"), TargetBackend.ANY, true);
+        }
+
+        @TestMetadata("nestedInterface.kt")
+        public void testNestedInterface() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSamConstructor/nestedInterface.kt");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+    }
+
     @TestMetadata("idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/redundantSemicolon")
     @TestDataPath("$PROJECT_ROOT")
     @RunWith(JUnit3RunnerWithInners.class)