diff --git a/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.checkers/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/internal/checkers/AbstractClassInstantiationChecker.java b/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.checkers/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/internal/checkers/AbstractClassInstantiationChecker.java
index 41714eb89bc..8b5e66ceb3d 100644
--- a/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.checkers/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/internal/checkers/AbstractClassInstantiationChecker.java
+++ b/codan/org.eclipse.cdt.codan.checkers/src/org/eclipse/cdt/codan/internal/checkers/AbstractClassInstantiationChecker.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
  *
  * Contributors:
  *     Anton Gorenkov  - initial implementation
+ *     Sergey Prigogin (Google)
  *******************************************************************************/
 package org.eclipse.cdt.codan.internal.checkers;
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTParameterDeclaration;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTSimpleDeclaration;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IASTTranslationUnit;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IBinding;
+import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IProblemBinding;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.IType;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTFunctionCallExpression;
 import org.eclipse.cdt.core.dom.ast.cpp.ICPPASTNamedTypeSpecifier;
@@ -179,22 +181,23 @@ public class AbstractClassInstantiationChecker extends AbstractIndexAstChecker {
 		}
 
 		/**
-		 *  Checks whether specified type (class or typedef to the class) is abstract class.
-		 *  If it is - reports violations on each pure virtual method 
+		 *  Checks whether specified type (class or typedef to the class) is an abstract class.
+		 *  If it is, reports violations on each pure virtual method 
 		 */
 		private void reportProblemsIfAbstract(IType typeToCheck, IASTNode problemNode ) {
 			IType unwindedType = CxxAstUtils.getInstance().unwindTypedef(typeToCheck);
-			if (unwindedType instanceof ICPPClassType) {
-				ICPPClassType classType = (ICPPClassType) unwindedType;
-				ICPPMethod[] pureVirtualMethods = pureVirtualMethodsCache.get(classType);
-				if (pureVirtualMethods == null) {
-					pureVirtualMethods = ClassTypeHelper.getPureVirtualMethods(classType);
-					pureVirtualMethodsCache.put(classType, pureVirtualMethods);
-				}
-				
-				for (ICPPMethod method : pureVirtualMethods) {
-					reportProblem(ER_ID, problemNode, resolveName(classType), resolveName(method));
-				}
+			if (!(unwindedType instanceof ICPPClassType) || unwindedType instanceof IProblemBinding) {
+				return;
+			}
+			ICPPClassType classType = (ICPPClassType) unwindedType;
+			ICPPMethod[] pureVirtualMethods = pureVirtualMethodsCache.get(classType);
+			if (pureVirtualMethods == null) {
+				pureVirtualMethods = ClassTypeHelper.getPureVirtualMethods(classType);
+				pureVirtualMethodsCache.put(classType, pureVirtualMethods);
+			}
+			
+			for (ICPPMethod method : pureVirtualMethods) {
+				reportProblem(ER_ID, problemNode, resolveName(classType), resolveName(method));
 			}
 		}
 	}
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 9525265030b..2d7f054aa5a 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
@@ -310,12 +310,13 @@ public class ClassTypeHelper {
 	/**
 	 * Returns methods either declared by the given class or generated by the compiler. Does not
 	 * include methods declared in base classes. 
-	 * @param classType
-	 * @return
 	 */
 	private static ObjectSet<ICPPMethod> getOwnMethods(ICPPClassType classType) {
 		ObjectSet<ICPPMethod> set= new ObjectSet<ICPPMethod>(4);
 		set.addAll(classType.getDeclaredMethods());
+		if (classType instanceof IProblemBinding) {
+			return set;
+		}
 		ICPPClassScope scope= (ICPPClassScope) classType.getCompositeScope();
 		set.addAll(scope.getImplicitMethods());
 		return set;