diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/NoWhitespaceAfterCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/NoWhitespaceAfterCheck.java
index 4ce4716733a..cabeb425a34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/NoWhitespaceAfterCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/NoWhitespaceAfterCheck.java
@@ -506,13 +506,12 @@ private static DetailAST getPreviousNodeWithParentOfTypeAst(DetailAST ast, Detai
         final DetailAST previousElement;
         final DetailAST ident = getIdentLastToken(parent.getParent());
         final DetailAST lastTypeNode = getTypeLastNode(ast);
-        final boolean isTypeCast = parent.getParent().getType() == TokenTypes.TYPECAST;
         // sometimes there are ident-less sentences
         // i.e. "(Object[]) null", but in casual case should be
         // checked whether ident or lastTypeNode has preceding position
         // determining if it is java style or C style
 
-        if (ident == null || isTypeCast || ident.getLineNo() > ast.getLineNo()) {
+        if (ident == null || ident.getLineNo() > ast.getLineNo()) {
             previousElement = lastTypeNode;
         }
         else if (ident.getLineNo() < ast.getLineNo()) {
@@ -570,10 +569,17 @@ private static DetailAST getIdentLastToken(DetailAST ast) {
      * @return dot preceding the left bracket
      */
     private static DetailAST getPrecedingDot(DetailAST leftBracket) {
-        final DetailAST referencedClassDot =
-                leftBracket.getParent().findFirstToken(TokenTypes.DOT);
         final DetailAST referencedMemberDot = leftBracket.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.DOT);
-        return Optional.ofNullable(referencedMemberDot).orElse(referencedClassDot);
-
+        DetailAST result = null;
+        if (referencedMemberDot == null) {
+            final DetailAST parent = leftBracket.getParent();
+            if (parent.getType() != TokenTypes.ASSIGN) {
+                result = parent.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.DOT);
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            result = referencedMemberDot;
+        }
+        return result;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/nowhitespaceafter/InputNoWhitespaceAfterTestDefault.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/nowhitespaceafter/InputNoWhitespaceAfterTestDefault.java
index 005d752ae99..e300deb9881 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/nowhitespaceafter/InputNoWhitespaceAfterTestDefault.java
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/nowhitespaceafter/InputNoWhitespaceAfterTestDefault.java
@@ -308,3 +308,20 @@ Object foo() {
     int someStuff8
     []; // violation
 }
+
+class QualifiedAssignment {
+
+    Object o;
+    static Object o1;
+
+    void some() {
+        Object oo = new Object[4];
+        Object[] oo2 = new Object[4];
+        this.o = ((Object[]) oo)[1];
+        this.o = ((java.lang.Object[]) oo)[1];
+        this.o = oo2[1];
+        QualifiedAssignment.o1 = ((Object[]) oo)[1];
+        QualifiedAssignment.o1 = ((java.lang.Object[]) oo)[1];
+        QualifiedAssignment.o1 = oo2[1];
+    }
+}