diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/ClassTypeHelper.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/ClassTypeHelper.java
index bcfcff91e39..a8111ee3ed5 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/ClassTypeHelper.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/ClassTypeHelper.java
@@ -354,7 +354,10 @@ public class ClassTypeHelper {
 	}
 
 	public static ICPPMethod[] getImplicitMethods(ICPPClassType classType, IASTNode point) {
-		IScope scope = classType.getCompositeScope();
+		return getImplicitMethods(classType.getCompositeScope(), point);
+	}
+	
+	public static ICPPMethod[] getImplicitMethods(IScope scope, IASTNode point) {
 		if (scope instanceof ICPPClassSpecializationScope) {
 			return ((ICPPClassSpecializationScope) scope).getImplicitMethods(point);
 		} else if (scope instanceof ICPPClassScope) {
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPLinkage.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPLinkage.java
index 48b114c94db..452733fd3f6 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPLinkage.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.core/parser/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPLinkage.java
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ class PDOMCPPLinkage extends PDOMLinkage implements IIndexCPPBindingConstants {
 				if (type instanceof ICPPClassType) {
 					ArrayUtil.addAll(old, ClassTypeHelper.getImplicitMethods((ICPPClassType) type, point));
 				}
-				ICPPMethod[] implicit= ((ICPPClassScope) scope).getImplicitMethods();
+				ICPPMethod[] implicit= ClassTypeHelper.getImplicitMethods(scope, point);
 				for (ICPPMethod method : implicit) {
 					if (!(method instanceof IProblemBinding)) {
 						PDOMBinding pdomBinding= adaptBinding(method);