diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/xml/InefficientStringBuffering.xml b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/xml/InefficientStringBuffering.xml
index d1a3388550..37a9cb0fe3 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/xml/InefficientStringBuffering.xml
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/xml/InefficientStringBuffering.xml
@@ -303,4 +303,47 @@ StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(
 } }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+1503099, init with two string lengths
+     ]]></description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+ public void bar(String str1, String str2) {
+  StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(str1.length() + str2.length());
+  buf.append(str1);
+  buf.append(str2);
+ }
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <test-code>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+1503099, append with two string lengths
+     ]]></description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+ public void bar(String str1, String str2) {
+  StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+  buf.append(str1.length() + str2.length());
+ }
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+    <!--test-code>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+1503099, adding two integers
+     ]]></description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class Foo {
+ public void bar(int a, int b) {
+  StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+  buf.append(a + b);
+ }
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code-->
 </test-data>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/InefficientStringBuffering.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/InefficientStringBuffering.java
index c9a68946de..274634e500 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/InefficientStringBuffering.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/strings/InefficientStringBuffering.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.SimpleNode;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.symboltable.VariableNameDeclaration;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.typeresolution.TypeHelper;
 
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 /*
@@ -65,8 +66,16 @@ public class InefficientStringBuffering extends AbstractRule {
             }
         }
 
-
         if (bs.isAllocation()) {
+            for (Iterator<ASTName> iterator = nameNodes.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
+            	ASTName name = iterator.next();
+    			if (!name.getImage().endsWith("length")) {
+    				break;
+    			} else if (!iterator.hasNext()) {
+    				return data;	//All names end with length
+    			}
+    		}
+        	
             if (isAllocatedStringBuffer(node)) {
                 addViolation(data, node);
             }