diff --git a/docs/pages/release_notes.md b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
index 1eb0bab3e3..fe77034c8c 100644
--- a/docs/pages/release_notes.md
+++ b/docs/pages/release_notes.md
@@ -16,11 +16,13 @@ This is a {{ site.pmd.release_type }} release.
 
 ### Fixed Issues
 * java-errorprone
+    * [#3936](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3936): \[java] AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName should consider enum class
     * [#3937](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/3937): \[java] AvoidDuplicateLiterals - uncompilable test cases
 
 ### API Changes
 
 ### External Contributions
+* [#3985](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3985): \[java] Fix false negative problem about Enum in AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName #3936 - [@Scrsloota](https://github.com/Scrsloota)
 * [#3993](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/3993): \[java] AvoidDuplicateLiterals - Add the method "buz" definition to test cases - [@dalizi007](https://github.com/dalizi007)
 
 {% endtocmaker %}
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodNameRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodNameRule.java
index a84a2b8b3d..5e5dd5de17 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodNameRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodNameRule.java
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.ast.Node;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTClassOrInterfaceBody;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTEnumBody;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTFieldDeclaration;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.ASTMethodDeclaration;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.ast.JavaNode;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.lang.java.rule.AbstractJavaRule;
 
 public class AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodNameRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
@@ -29,6 +31,17 @@ public class AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodNameRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
 
     @Override
     public Object visit(ASTClassOrInterfaceBody node, Object data) {
+        handleClassOrEnum(node, data);
+        return super.visit(node, data);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object visit(ASTEnumBody node, Object data) {
+        handleClassOrEnum(node, data);
+        return super.visit(node, data);
+    }
+
+    private void handleClassOrEnum(JavaNode node, Object data) {
         int n = node.getNumChildren();
         List<ASTFieldDeclaration> fields = new ArrayList<>();
         Set<String> methodNames = new HashSet<>();
@@ -50,7 +63,6 @@ public class AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodNameRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
                 addViolation(data, field, field.getVariableName());
             }
         }
-        return super.visit(node, data);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName.xml b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName.xml
index 138d598230..4cab17b54a 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName.xml
+++ b/pmd-java/src/test/resources/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/errorprone/xml/AvoidFieldNameMatchingMethodName.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,48 @@ public class Bar {
         <code><![CDATA[
 public interface Bar {
     public static final int FOO = 5;
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>Test1 in Enum #3936</description>
+        <expected-problems>1</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class C {
+  enum E {
+      R;
+      int bar;
+      void bar() {}  // should report a warning in this line
+  }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>Test2 in Enum #3936</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class C {
+  int bar;
+  enum E {
+      R;
+      void bar() {}
+  }
+}
+        ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+
+    <test-code>
+        <description>Test3 in Enum #3936</description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public class C {
+  void bar() {}
+  enum E {
+      R;
+      int bar;
+  }
 }
         ]]></code>
     </test-code>