diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration.java
index 9e09fe341c..f660683159 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/ast/ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration.java
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public class ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration extends AbstractJavaAccessTypeNode i
     public JavaQualifiedName getQualifiedName() {
         if (qualifiedName == null) {
             if (isNested()) {
-                ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration parent = this.getFirstParentOfType(ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration.class);
+                ASTAnyTypeDeclaration parent = this.getFirstParentOfType(ASTAnyTypeDeclaration.class);
                 JavaQualifiedName parentQN = parent.getQualifiedName();
                 qualifiedName = JavaQualifiedName.ofNestedClass(parentQN, this.getImage());
                 return qualifiedName;
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codesize/xml/NcssCount.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codesize/xml/NcssCount.xml
index ac88a3b9d4..236f191a8f 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codesize/xml/NcssCount.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codesize/xml/NcssCount.xml
@@ -215,4 +215,34 @@ public class Foo {
         <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
         <code-ref id="complicated-method"/>
     </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>Nullpointer for getQualifiedName</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public enum EnumWithAnonymousInnerClass {
+    A {
+        @Override
+        public void foo() {
+            super.foo();
+        }
+    },
+    B;
+    
+    public void foo() {
+    }
+    
+    interface Inner {
+        int get();
+    }
+
+    public static final Inner VAL = new Inner() {
+        @Override
+        public int get() {
+            return 1;
+        }
+    };
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
 </test-data>