diff --git a/checker/tests/nullness/Issue1027.java b/checker/tests/nullness/Issue1027.java
index 48a445d93c2..89822314bc0 100644
--- a/checker/tests/nullness/Issue1027.java
+++ b/checker/tests/nullness/Issue1027.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class Repr<T> {
     void bar(Function<T, String> p) {}
   }
 
-  @SuppressWarnings("nullness")
+  @SuppressWarnings({"nullness", "keyfor"})
   Repr<@KeyFor("this") String> foo() {
     return null;
   }
diff --git a/checker/tests/nullness/java8inference/Issue1084.java b/checker/tests/nullness/java8inference/Issue1084.java
index b0fd270678d..89090458ae6 100644
--- a/checker/tests/nullness/java8inference/Issue1084.java
+++ b/checker/tests/nullness/java8inference/Issue1084.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class MyOpt<T extends Object> {
   static <S> MyOpt<@NonNull S> empty() {
     throw new RuntimeException();
   }
-
+  // :: error: (type.argument)
   static <S> MyOpt<S> of(S p) {
     throw new RuntimeException();
   }
diff --git a/framework/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/common/basetype/BaseTypeValidator.java b/framework/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/common/basetype/BaseTypeValidator.java
index 7cf3f0a8e86..234d4eacfbe 100644
--- a/framework/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/common/basetype/BaseTypeValidator.java
+++ b/framework/src/main/java/org/checkerframework/common/basetype/BaseTypeValidator.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import com.sun.source.tree.ClassTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.ExpressionTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.IdentifierTree;
+import com.sun.source.tree.MethodTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.NewClassTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.ParameterizedTypeTree;
 import com.sun.source.tree.Tree;
@@ -407,13 +408,13 @@ protected void visitTypeParameterBounds(
   }
 
   /**
-   * If {@code tree} has a type parameter tree, then the tree and its type is returned. Otherwise
-   * null and {@code type} are returned.
+   * If {@code tree} has a {@link ParameterizedTypeTree}, then the tree and its type is returned.
+   * Otherwise null and {@code type} are returned.
    *
    * @param tree tree to search
-   * @param type type to return if no parameter type tree is found
-   * @return if {@code tree} has a type parameter tree, then returns the tree and its type.
-   *     Otherwise, returns null and {@code type}.
+   * @param type type to return if no {@code ParameterizedTypeTree} is found
+   * @return if {@code tree} has a {@code ParameterizedTypeTree}, then returns the tree and its
+   *     type. Otherwise, returns null and {@code type}.
    */
   private Pair<@Nullable ParameterizedTypeTree, AnnotatedDeclaredType> extractParameterizedTypeTree(
       Tree tree, AnnotatedDeclaredType type) {
@@ -471,6 +472,14 @@ protected void visitTypeParameterBounds(
       case TYPE_PARAMETER:
         // Nothing to do.
         break;
+      case METHOD:
+        // If a MethodTree is passed, it's just the return type that is validated.
+        // See BaseTypeVisitor#validateTypeOf.
+        MethodTree methodTree = (MethodTree) tree;
+        if (methodTree.getReturnType() instanceof ParameterizedTypeTree) {
+          typeargtree = (ParameterizedTypeTree) methodTree.getReturnType();
+        }
+        break;
       default:
         // The parameterized type is the result of some expression tree.
         // No need to do anything further.