diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/IdenticalCatchBranchesRule.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/IdenticalCatchBranchesRule.java
index 9701dbfd37..2788e3505c 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/IdenticalCatchBranchesRule.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/rule/codestyle/IdenticalCatchBranchesRule.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class IdenticalCatchBranchesRule extends AbstractJavaRule {
 
 
     private boolean areEquivalent(ASTCatchStatement st1, ASTCatchStatement st2) {
-        return hasSameSubTree(st1.getBlock(), st2.getBlock(), st1.getExceptionName(), st2.getExceptionName());
+        return hasSameSubTree(st1.getBody(), st2.getBody(), st1.getExceptionName(), st2.getExceptionName());
     }