diff --git a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/ReferenceExpression.java b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/ReferenceExpression.java
index eee548a..43892e9 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/ReferenceExpression.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jdt.core/compiler/org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/ast/ReferenceExpression.java
@@ -844,6 +844,10 @@
 				return null;
 			int n = functionType.parameters.length;
 			int k = this.exactMethodBinding.parameters.length;
+			
+			if (!this.haveReceiver && this.isMethodReference()) {
+				return (this.exactMethodBinding.isStatic() ? ((n == k) ? this : null) : ((n == k+1) ? this : null));
+			}
 			return (n == k || n == k + 1) ? this : null;
 		}
 		// descriptors parameters should be free of inference variables.