diff --git a/detekt-rules-performance/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/performance/ArrayPrimitive.kt b/detekt-rules-performance/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/performance/ArrayPrimitive.kt
index da59b1c587c7..a1151ce1ed0c 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-performance/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/performance/ArrayPrimitive.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-performance/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/performance/ArrayPrimitive.kt
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.ActiveByDefault
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.api.internal.RequiresTypeResolution
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KotlinBuiltIns
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.PrimitiveType
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.com.intellij.psi.PsiFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.CallableDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtCallExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtCallableDeclaration
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtNamedDeclaration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtTypeReference
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.collectDescendantsOfType
@@ -51,9 +53,13 @@ class ArrayPrimitive(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
         Debt.FIVE_MINS
     )
 
+    override fun visitKtFile(file: KtFile) {
+        if (bindingContext == BindingContext.EMPTY) return
+        super.visitKtFile(file)
+    }
+
     override fun visitCallExpression(expression: KtCallExpression) {
         super.visitCallExpression(expression)
-        if (bindingContext == BindingContext.EMPTY) return
         if (expression.calleeExpression?.text !in factoryMethodNames) return
 
         val descriptor = expression.getResolvedCall(bindingContext)?.resultingDescriptor