diff --git a/its/ruling/src/test/resources/guava/java-S1452.json b/its/ruling/src/test/resources/guava/java-S1452.json
index e521db15313..3f1c52144e5 100644
--- a/its/ruling/src/test/resources/guava/java-S1452.json
+++ b/its/ruling/src/test/resources/guava/java-S1452.json
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 {
-"com.google.guava:guava:src/com/google/common/base/Enums.java": [
-100,
-100
-],
 "com.google.guava:guava:src/com/google/common/cache/CacheBuilder.java": [
 767
 ],
@@ -16,18 +12,11 @@
 513
 ],
 "com.google.guava:guava:src/com/google/common/collect/Maps.java": [
-106,
-111,
-649,
-2131,
-2135
+649
 ],
 "com.google.guava:guava:src/com/google/common/collect/MinMaxPriorityQueue.java": [
 903
 ],
-"com.google.guava:guava:src/com/google/common/collect/Ordering.java": [
-413
-],
 "com.google.guava:guava:src/com/google/common/collect/RegularImmutableAsList.java": [
 49
 ],
@@ -47,16 +36,12 @@
 "com.google.guava:guava:src/com/google/common/collect/TreeMultimap.java": [
 156
 ],
-"com.google.guava:guava:src/com/google/common/hash/Funnels.java": [
-169
-],
 "com.google.guava:guava:src/com/google/common/reflect/Element.java": [
 48
 ],
 "com.google.guava:guava:src/com/google/common/reflect/Invokable.java": [
 67,
-108,
-129
+108
 ],
 "com.google.guava:guava:src/com/google/common/reflect/Parameter.java": [
 56,
@@ -67,7 +52,6 @@
 157,
 238,
 275,
-315,
 364,
 387,
 562,
diff --git a/its/ruling/src/test/resources/sonar-server/java-S1452.json b/its/ruling/src/test/resources/sonar-server/java-S1452.json
index b7b9b0ed50a..bff730ba8a2 100644
--- a/its/ruling/src/test/resources/sonar-server/java-S1452.json
+++ b/its/ruling/src/test/resources/sonar-server/java-S1452.json
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 {
 "org.sonarsource.sonarqube:sonar-server:src/main/java/org/sonar/server/computation/task/projectanalysis/qualitygate/EvaluationResult.java": [
 46
-],
-"org.sonarsource.sonarqube:sonar-server:src/main/java/org/sonar/server/computation/task/projectanalysis/step/NewCoverageMeasuresStep.java": [
-131
 ]
 }
diff --git a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/WildCardReturnParameterNestedTypeSample.java b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/WildCardReturnParameterNestedTypeSample.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..20f3a2b552b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/WildCardReturnParameterNestedTypeSample.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package checks;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+public class WildCardReturnParameterNestedTypeSample {
+  void bar() {
+    foo(listOfLists());
+  }
+
+  void foo(List<List<? extends A>> listList) {
+
+  }
+
+  List<List<? extends A>> listOfLists() {
+    return new ArrayList<>();
+  }
+
+  private static class A {
+  }
+
+  private static class B extends A {
+  }
+
+  static class Entry<K, V> {
+  }
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  static <K> Function<Entry<K, ?>, K> keyFunction() {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+  }
+}
+
+
diff --git a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheck.java b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheck.java
index 1971302488b..ae8404c9fef 100644
--- a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheck.java
+++ b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheck.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public List<Class<?>> getListOfClass() { // Compliant Class is ignored
       return null;
     }
 
-    public Class<List<?>> getClassofList() { // Noncompliant
+    public Class<List<?>> getClassofList() { // Compliant, nested type is ignored
       return null;
     }
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public List<? extends Class<String>> bar() { // Noncompliant {{Remove usage of g
     }
 
     public List<? // Noncompliant
-      extends List<?>> getSomething() { // Noncompliant
+      extends List<?>> getSomething() { // Compliant, skip nested wildcard return types
       return null;
     }
 
diff --git a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheck.java b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheck.java
index 386d219876b..82e0cc8b891 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheck.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheck.java
@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ public void visitParameterizedType(ParameterizedTypeTree tree) {
       } else if (!symbolType.is("java.lang.Class") && !symbolType.isUnknown()) {
         typeArguments.forEach(this::reportIfWildcard);
       }
-      super.visitParameterizedType(tree);
     }
 
     private void reportIfWildcard(Tree tree) {
diff --git a/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheckTest.java b/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheckTest.java
index ed8352b471b..69063bc75b0 100644
--- a/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheckTest.java
+++ b/java-checks/src/test/java/org/sonar/java/checks/WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheckTest.java
@@ -39,4 +39,12 @@ void test_non_compiling() {
       .withCheck(new WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheck())
       .verifyNoIssues();
   }
+
+  @Test
+  void test_nested_types() {
+    CheckVerifier.newVerifier()
+      .onFile(mainCodeSourcesPath("checks/WildCardReturnParameterNestedTypeSample.java"))
+      .withCheck(new WildcardReturnParameterTypeCheck())
+      .verifyNoIssues();
+  }
 }