diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/AbstractSunSecureRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/AbstractSunSecureRule.java
index acaa077f34..54fd9f0799 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/AbstractSunSecureRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/AbstractSunSecureRule.java
@@ -117,8 +117,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractSunSecureRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Gets the image of the first ASTName node found by
+     * Gets the image of the ASTName node found by
      * {@link Node#getFirstDescendantOfType(Class)}
+     * if it is the greatgrandchild of the given node.
+     *
+     * E.g.
+     * <pre>
+     * n = Expression || StatementExpression
+     *       PrimaryExpression
+     *         PrimaryPrefix
+     *           Name
+     * </pre>
      *
      * @param n
      *            the node to search
@@ -126,7 +135,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSunSecureRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
      */
     protected String getFirstNameImage(Node n) {
         ASTName name = n.getFirstDescendantOfType(ASTName.class);
-        if (name != null) {
+        if (name != null && name.getNthParent(3) == n) {
             return name.getImage();
         }
         return null;
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/ArrayIsStoredDirectlyRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/ArrayIsStoredDirectlyRule.java
index 9fec7141b3..b0bf4d4ca3 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/ArrayIsStoredDirectlyRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/ArrayIsStoredDirectlyRule.java
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ public class ArrayIsStoredDirectlyRule extends AbstractSunSecureRule {
                 if (se == null || !(se.jjtGetChild(0) instanceof ASTPrimaryExpression)) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                ASTPrimaryExpression pe = (ASTPrimaryExpression) se.jjtGetChild(0);
-                String assignedVar = getExpressionVarName(pe);
+                String assignedVar = getExpressionVarName(se);
                 if (assignedVar == null) {
                     continue;
                 }
 
+                ASTPrimaryExpression pe = (ASTPrimaryExpression) se.jjtGetChild(0);
                 Node n = pe.getFirstParentOfType(ASTMethodDeclaration.class);
                 if (n == null) {
 					n = pe.getFirstParentOfType(ASTConstructorDeclaration.class);
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/xml/ArrayIsStoredDirectly.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/xml/ArrayIsStoredDirectly.xml
index 6928431507..1c972dc8fe 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/xml/ArrayIsStoredDirectly.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/sunsecure/xml/ArrayIsStoredDirectly.xml
@@ -150,6 +150,31 @@ public class TestClass {
             this.obj = Arrays.copyOf(obj, obj.length);
         }
     }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>#1476 False positive of ArrayIsStoredDirectly</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class NotificationPacket {
+    public NotificationPacket(byte id, byte[] rawTypeData)
+    {
+        super(id);
+        if (rawTypeData == null)
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("No type data is specified");
+        }
+        if (rawTypeData.length == 0)
+        {
+            this.message = EMPTY_MESSAGE;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            this.message = new String(rawTypeData, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        }
+    }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
index 6b3737f60d..d6098f106d 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@
     *   [#1453](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1453/): Test Class Without Test Cases gives false positive
 *   java-optimizations/UseStringBufferForStringAppends:
     *   [#1340](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1340/): UseStringBufferForStringAppends False Positive with ternary operator
+*   java-sunsecure/ArrayIsStoredDirectly:
+    *   [#1476](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1476/): False positive of ArrayIsStoredDirectly
 *   java-unnecessary/UnnecessaryFinalModifier:
     *   [#1464](https://sourceforge.net/p/pmd/bugs/1464/): UnnecessaryFinalModifier false positive on a @SafeVarargs method
 *   java-unusedcode/UnusedFormalParameter: