diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderHelper.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderHelper.java
index e9446c943c1..2c7033e5f44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderHelper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderHelper.java
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ CtExpression<?> createTargetFieldAccess(QualifiedNameReference qualifiedNameRefe
 		} else if (ref.isStatic()) {
 			target = createTypeAccess(qualifiedNameReference, ref);
 		} else if (!ref.isStatic() && !ref.getDeclaringType().isAnonymous()) {
-			if (ref.getDeclaringType().getDeclaredField(ref.getSimpleName()) == null) {
+			if (!JDTTreeBuilderQuery.isResolvedField(qualifiedNameReference)) {
 				target = createTypeAccessNoClasspath(qualifiedNameReference);
 			} else {
 				target = jdtTreeBuilder.getFactory().Code().createThisAccess(jdtTreeBuilder.getReferencesBuilder().<Object>getTypeReference(qualifiedNameReference.actualReceiverType), true);
diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderQuery.java b/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderQuery.java
index 4ff4fb97381..2bf021bc0b7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderQuery.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/support/compiler/jdt/JDTTreeBuilderQuery.java
@@ -207,6 +207,19 @@ static boolean isValidProblemBindingField(QualifiedNameReference qualifiedNameRe
 						((FieldBinding) qualifiedNameReference.binding).declaringClass.compoundName);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Check if the name reference is resolved in the JDT tree, i.e. that the declaration is available.
+	 *
+	 * @param qualifiedNameReference
+	 * 		Reference which should contain a field binding.
+	 * @return true if the field has been resolved by the jdt builder.
+	 */
+	static boolean isResolvedField(QualifiedNameReference qualifiedNameReference) {
+		return qualifiedNameReference.binding instanceof FieldBinding
+				&& ((FieldBinding) qualifiedNameReference.binding).original().sourceField() != null;
+	}
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Checks if the last node in the stack in the context is an assignment and have a lhs equals to the given expression.
 	 *
diff --git a/src/test/java/spoon/test/targeted/TargetedExpressionTest.java b/src/test/java/spoon/test/targeted/TargetedExpressionTest.java
index b1456cd594c..bc9288ab7eb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/spoon/test/targeted/TargetedExpressionTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/spoon/test/targeted/TargetedExpressionTest.java
@@ -301,6 +301,22 @@ public void testOnlyStaticTargetFieldReadNoClasspath() {
 		assertEquals("Launcher", ((CtTypeAccess<?>) target).getAccessedType().getSimpleName());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testNestedClassAccessEnclosingTypeFieldNoClasspath() {
+		// Checks that a nested class accessing a field of an enclosing type's non-static field correctly
+		// resolves to a non-static field access. See https://github.com/INRIA/spoon/issues/3334 for details.
+		final Launcher launcher = new Launcher();
+		launcher.getEnvironment().setNoClasspath(true);
+		launcher.addInputResource("./src/test/resources/spoon/test/noclasspath/targeted/Outer.java");
+		CtModel model = launcher.buildModel();
+
+		List<CtFieldRead<?>> fieldReads = model.getElements(e -> e.getVariable().getSimpleName().equals("cls"));
+		assertEquals(1, fieldReads.size());
+		CtFieldRead<?> fieldRead = fieldReads.get(0);
+
+		assertTrue(fieldRead.getTarget() instanceof CtThisAccess);
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testTargetsOfInv() throws Exception {
 		// contract: Specify declaring type of the executable of an invocation, the target of the invocation and its result.
diff --git a/src/test/resources/spoon/test/noclasspath/targeted/Outer.java b/src/test/resources/spoon/test/noclasspath/targeted/Outer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf77cf74349
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/spoon/test/noclasspath/targeted/Outer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+public class Outer {
+    SomeClass cls = new SomeClass();
+
+    private class Inner {
+        public void testMethod() {
+            int a = cls.val;
+        }
+    }
+}
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