diff --git a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/symboltable/ClassScope.java b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/symboltable/ClassScope.java
index 93b148ec71..99de123003 100644
--- a/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/symboltable/ClassScope.java
+++ b/pmd-java/src/main/java/net/sourceforge/pmd/lang/java/symboltable/ClassScope.java
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ public class ClassScope extends AbstractJavaScope {
         for (String qualified : qualifiedNames) {
             int fullLength = qualified.length();
             if (qualified.endsWith(typeImage)
-                    && (fullLength == nameLength || qualified.substring(0, fullLength - nameLength).endsWith("."))) {
+                    && (fullLength == nameLength || qualified.charAt(fullLength - nameLength - 1) == '.')) {
                 return qualified;
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
index bb255af64d..4cc0c97c03 100644
--- a/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
+++ b/src/site/markdown/overview/changelog.md
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@
 
 **Feature Requests and Improvements:**
 
+*   java
+    *   Type Resolution performance improved by ~15%
+
 **New/Modified/Deprecated Rules:**
 
 **Pull Requests:**
 
 *   [#123](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/123): \[apex] Changing method names to lowercase so casing doesn't matter
 *   [#124](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/124): \[java] CPD: Properly handle enums with `-ignore-identifiers`
+*   [#126](https://github.com/pmd/pmd/pull/126): \[java] Avoid creating a new String to qualify types
 
 **Bugfixes:**