diff --git a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
index c4fabc8c50..0b2398e7a2 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Fixed bug 1121: NullPointerException when invoking XPathCLI
 Fixed bug 1130: CloseResource doesn't recognize custom close method
 Fixed bug 1131: CloseResource should complain if code betwen declaration of resource and try
 Fixed bug 1134: UseStringBufferLength: false positives
+Fixed bug 1135: CheckResultSet ignores results set declared outside of try/catch
 Fixed bug 1136: ECMAScript: NullPointerException in getLeft() and getRight()
 Fixed bug 1141: ECMAScript: getFinallyBlock() is buggy.
 Fixed bug 1142: ECMAScript: getCatchClause() is buggy.
diff --git a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/CheckResultSetRule.java b/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/CheckResultSetRule.java
index 7dc925cbd5..827ab58e0c 100644
--- a/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/CheckResultSetRule.java
+++ b/pmd/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/CheckResultSetRule.java
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ public class CheckResultSetRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
             ASTVariableDeclarator declarator = node.getFirstChildOfType(ASTVariableDeclarator.class);
             if (declarator != null) {
                 ASTName name = declarator.getFirstDescendantOfType(ASTName.class);
-                if (name != null && name.getImage().endsWith("executeQuery")) {
-
+                if (type.getType() != null
+                        || (type.getType() == null && name != null && name.getImage().endsWith("executeQuery"))) {
                     ASTVariableDeclaratorId id = declarator.getFirstChildOfType(ASTVariableDeclaratorId.class);
                     resultSetVariables.put(id.getImage(), node);
                 }
diff --git a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/CheckResultSet.xml b/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/CheckResultSet.xml
index 2e5a84fabe..c88ebf6b2c 100644
--- a/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/CheckResultSet.xml
+++ b/pmd/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/basic/xml/CheckResultSet.xml
@@ -158,6 +158,73 @@ public class Test {
 
         return _count;
     }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1135 CheckResultSet ignores results set declared outside of try/catch (good case)</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+  public void bar() {
+    try {
+        PreparedStatement ps = null;
+        ResultSet rs = null;
+        ps = getCurrentSession().connection().prepareStatement(query);
+        ps.setInt(1, fiscalYear);
+        rs = ps.executeQuery();
+        if (rs.next()) {
+            result = rs.getInt("value");
+        }
+    } catch (SQLException se) {
+        throw new DataAccessException(se);
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1135 CheckResultSet ignores results set declared outside of try/catch</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+
+public class Foo {
+  public void bar() {
+    PreparedStatement ps = null;
+    ResultSet rs = null;
+    try {
+        ps = getCurrentSession().connection().prepareStatement(query);
+        ps.setInt(1, fiscalYear);
+        rs = ps.executeQuery();
+        rs.next(); //this should be a PMD warning, but it is not
+        result = rs.getInt("value");
+    } catch (SQLException se) {
+        throw new DataAccessException(se);
+    } finally {
+        //call method to close the ResultSet and PreparedStatment
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1135 CheckResultSet ignores results set declared outside of try/catch - prevent false positive</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+import com.special.ResultSet;
+
+public class Foo {
+  public void bar() {
+    ResultSet rs = doExecuteQuery();
+    rs.next(); // no warning here because it's not a java.sql.ResultSet
+    result = rs.getInt("baz");
+  }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>