diff --git a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
index c0c11af3f0..df52ffdbb7 100644
--- a/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
+++ b/pmd/etc/changelog.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 Fixed bug 1481051 - false + UnusedNullCheckInEquals (and other false positives too)
 Fixed bug 1943204 - Ant task: <ruleset> path should be relative to Ant basedir
+Fixed ClassCastException on generic method in BeanMembersShouldSerialize
 
 August 31, 2008 - 4.2.3:
 
diff --git a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/javabeans/xml/BeanMembersShouldSerialize.xml b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/javabeans/xml/BeanMembersShouldSerialize.xml
index 3d7ffb98fd..b9fccaa2a0 100644
--- a/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/javabeans/xml/BeanMembersShouldSerialize.xml
+++ b/pmd/regress/test/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/javabeans/xml/BeanMembersShouldSerialize.xml
@@ -158,4 +158,17 @@ public class Foo {
 }
      ]]></code>
     </test-code>
-</test-data>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <test-code>
+        <description><![CDATA[
+ClassCastException on generic method
+     ]]></description>
+        <expected-problems>0</expected-problems>
+        <code><![CDATA[
+public abstract class List<A> implements Iterable<A> {
+  public static <A> F<List<A>, Boolean> isEmpty() {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+     ]]></code>
+    </test-code>
+</test-data>
diff --git a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/BeanMembersShouldSerializeRule.java b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/BeanMembersShouldSerializeRule.java
index 8e20cdf99e..811132e25c 100644
--- a/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/BeanMembersShouldSerializeRule.java
+++ b/pmd/src/net/sourceforge/pmd/rules/BeanMembersShouldSerializeRule.java
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import net.sourceforge.pmd.AbstractRule;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.PropertyDescriptor;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTClassOrInterfaceDeclaration;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTCompilationUnit;
+import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTMethodDeclaration;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTMethodDeclarator;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTPrimitiveType;
 import net.sourceforge.pmd.ast.ASTResultType;
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ public class BeanMembersShouldSerializeRule extends AbstractRule {
             return true;
         }
         if (methodName.startsWith("is")) {
-            ASTResultType ret = (ASTResultType) meth.jjtGetParent().jjtGetChild(0);
+            ASTResultType ret = ((ASTMethodDeclaration) meth.jjtGetParent()).getResultType();
             List primitives = ret.findChildrenOfType(ASTPrimitiveType.class);
             if (!primitives.isEmpty() && ((ASTPrimitiveType) primitives.get(0)).isBoolean()) {
                 return true;