diff --git a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
index 66d61f487d..3f9e270ac4 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ????, 2006 - 3.7:
+Fixed bug 1465574 - UnusedPrivateMethod no longer reports false positives when a private method is called from a method with a parameter of the same name.
 Fixed major bug in CPD; it was not picking up files other than .java or .jsp.
 Added RuleViolation.getBeginColumn()/getEndColumn()
 Added an IRuleViolation interface and modified various code classes (include Renderer implementations and Report) to use it.
diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/UnusedPrivateMethodRuleTest.java b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/UnusedPrivateMethodRuleTest.java
index f1c4d572fb..4c7670d213 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/UnusedPrivateMethodRuleTest.java
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/UnusedPrivateMethodRuleTest.java
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@ public class UnusedPrivateMethodRuleTest extends SimpleAggregatorTst {
             new TestDescriptor(TEST12, "private method with same name but diff arg count than public method", 0, rule),
             new TestDescriptor(TEST13, "static private called from initializer", 0, rule),
             new TestDescriptor(TEST14, "static private invoked in static context - i.e., Foo.hi()", 0, rule),
-            // FIXME new TestDescriptor(TEST15, "two methods, one private, one public, same name, same arg count, diff types", 0, rule),
+            new TestDescriptor(TEST15, "private method with same name as param", 0, rule),
+            // FIXME new TestDescriptor(TEST16, "two methods, one private, one public, same name, same arg count, diff types", 0, rule),
         });
     }
 
@@ -159,6 +160,14 @@ public class UnusedPrivateMethodRuleTest extends SimpleAggregatorTst {
             "}";
 
     private static final String TEST15 =
+            "public class Foo {" + PMD.EOL +
+            " void bar(boolean buz) { " + PMD.EOL +
+            "  buz();" + PMD.EOL +
+            " }" + PMD.EOL +
+            " private void buz() {}" + PMD.EOL +
+            "}";
+
+    private static final String TEST16 =
             "public class Foo {" + PMD.EOL +
             " public void baz() {" + PMD.EOL +
             "  foo(\"hi\");" + PMD.EOL +
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/symboltable/MethodScope.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/symboltable/MethodScope.java
index fef587455e..366d27bd66 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/symboltable/MethodScope.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/symboltable/MethodScope.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class MethodScope extends AbstractScope {
     }
 
     public NameDeclaration findVariableHere(NameOccurrence occurrence) {
-        if (occurrence.isThisOrSuper()) {
+        if (occurrence.isThisOrSuper() || occurrence.isMethodOrConstructorInvocation()) {
             return null;
         }
         ImageFinderFunction finder = new ImageFinderFunction(occurrence.getImage());
diff --git a/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml b/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml
index 03219e87f4..9cc37c75aa 100644
--- a/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml
+++ b/pmd/xdocs/credits.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
         </subsection>
         <subsection name="Contributors">
         <ul>
+            <li>Dawid Weiss - Reported bug in UnusedPrivateMethod</li>
             <li>Shao Lo - Reported bug in CPD</li>
             <li>D'Arcy Smith - Reported missing RuleViolation methods</li>
             <li>Xavier Le Vourch - Suggestions on cleaning up casts in grammar, SimplifyBooleanAssertion, patch to fix problem with TestClassWithoutTestCases, patch to fix rule name bugs in migration rulesets</li>