diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/UnnecessaryBoxingRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/UnnecessaryBoxingRule.java
index 20adcb7e36..603854b411 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/UnnecessaryBoxingRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/UnnecessaryBoxingRule.java
@@ -176,10 +176,7 @@ public class UnnecessaryBoxingRule extends AbstractJavaRulechainRule {
 
     private boolean isObjectConversionNecessary(ASTExpression e) {
         JavaNode parent = e.getParent();
-        if (e.getIndexInParent() == 0) {
-            return parent instanceof QualifiableExpression;
-        }
-        return false;
+        return e.getIndexInParent() == 0 && parent instanceof QualifiableExpression;
     }