diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/UnusedFormalParameterRule.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/UnusedFormalParameterRule.java
index 291bb7ce9e..f2d0431f97 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/UnusedFormalParameterRule.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/UnusedFormalParameterRule.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTBlock;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.RuleContext;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTVariableDeclaratorId;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTPrimaryPrefix;
 
 
 public class UnusedFormalParameterRule extends AbstractRule {
@@ -30,12 +31,18 @@ public class UnusedFormalParameterRule extends AbstractRule {
         int index = 0;
         if (startNode instanceof ASTName) {
             String nodeImage = ((ASTName)startNode).getImage();
+            //check to see if there is a "." in the image which indicates a method call on this variable name
+            int index2 = nodeImage.indexOf('.');
+            if (index2 != -1) {
+                nodeImage = nodeImage.substring(0, index2);   //set the node Image to the prefix
+            }
             if (paramNames.contains(nodeImage)) {
                 paramNames.remove(nodeImage);  //the name is used so let's remove it from the list
             }
         }
         else if (startNode.jjtGetNumChildren() > 0) {
-            for (int i=0; i<startNode.jjtGetNumChildren(); i++) {
+            int limit = startNode.jjtGetNumChildren();
+            for (int i=0; i<limit; i++) {
                 SimpleNode node = (SimpleNode)startNode.jjtGetChild(i);
                 checkParamNames(paramNames, node);
             }
@@ -53,14 +60,28 @@ public class UnusedFormalParameterRule extends AbstractRule {
                 ASTVariableDeclaratorId paramName = (ASTVariableDeclaratorId)formalParams.jjtGetChild(i).jjtGetChild(1);
                 paramNames.add(paramName.getImage());
             }
-            checkParamNames(paramNames, (SimpleNode)node.jjtGetChild(2));   //check the block node for the occurence of the parameter names
-            if (!paramNames.isEmpty()) {  //there are still names left in the set so the must not have been used
-                RuleContext ctx = (RuleContext)data;
-                //System.out.println(paramNames);
-                ctx.getReport().addRuleViolation(createRuleViolation(ctx, md.getBeginLine(), MessageFormat.format(getMessage(), paramNames.toArray())));
+
+            //find the block node
+            int j = 2;
+            SimpleNode blockNode =(SimpleNode)node.jjtGetChild(j);
+            int childCount = node.jjtGetNumChildren();
+            while (j  <= childCount) {
+                if (blockNode instanceof ASTBlock)
+                    break;
+                blockNode =(SimpleNode)node.jjtGetChild(++j);
+            }
+
+            if (blockNode instanceof ASTBlock) {
+                checkParamNames(paramNames, blockNode);   //check the block node for the occurence of the parameter names
+                if (!paramNames.isEmpty()) {  //there are still names left in the set so the must not have been used
+                    RuleContext ctx = (RuleContext)data;
+                    System.out.println(paramNames);
+                    ctx.getReport().addRuleViolation(createRuleViolation(ctx, md.getBeginLine(), MessageFormat.format(getMessage(), paramNames.toArray())));
+                }
             }
         }
         return data;
     }
 
 }
+