diff --git a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctions.kt b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctions.kt
index 61263d204504..cb2c7713f24d 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctions.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctions.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.RequiresTypeResolution
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.CallableDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtCallExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtNamedFunction
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.util.getResolvedCall
 
 /**
@@ -65,7 +66,9 @@ class NestedScopeFunctions(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
     }
 
     override fun visitNamedFunction(function: KtNamedFunction) {
-        function.accept(FunctionDepthVisitor())
+        if (bindingContext != BindingContext.EMPTY) {
+            function.accept(FunctionDepthVisitor())
+        }
     }
 
     private fun report(element: KtCallExpression, depth: Int) {
diff --git a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctionsSpec.kt b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctionsSpec.kt
index d07c14a16bb7..b3f4be087ba7 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctionsSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctionsSpec.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.Finding
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.rules.KotlinCoreEnvironmentTest
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.test.TestConfig
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.test.assertThat
+import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.test.compileAndLint
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.test.compileAndLintWithContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.jvm.compiler.KotlinCoreEnvironment
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
@@ -93,10 +94,27 @@ class NestedScopeFunctionsSpec(private val env: KotlinCoreEnvironment) {
         expectNoFindings()
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `should not report when binding context is empty`() {
+        givenCode = """
+            fun f() {
+                1.run {
+                    1.run { }
+                }
+            }
+        """
+        whenLintRunsWithoutContext()
+        expectNoFindings()
+    }
+
     private fun whenLintRuns() {
         actual = subject.compileAndLintWithContext(env, givenCode)
     }
 
+    private fun whenLintRunsWithoutContext() {
+        actual = subject.compileAndLint(givenCode)
+    }
+
     private fun expectSourceLocation(location: Pair<Int, Int>) {
         assertThat(actual).hasSourceLocation(location.first, location.second)
     }