diff --git a/src/main/php/PHPMD/Rule/CleanCode/IfStatementAssignment.php b/src/main/php/PHPMD/Rule/CleanCode/IfStatementAssignment.php
index a5246b43f..910ecac84 100644
--- a/src/main/php/PHPMD/Rule/CleanCode/IfStatementAssignment.php
+++ b/src/main/php/PHPMD/Rule/CleanCode/IfStatementAssignment.php
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@
  */
 class IfStatementAssignment extends AbstractRule implements MethodAware, FunctionAware
 {
+    /**
+     * @var array List of statement types where to forbid assignation.
+     */
+    protected $ifStatements = array(
+        'IfStatement',
+        'ElseIfStatement',
+    );
+
     /**
      * This method checks if method/function has if clauses
      * that use assignment instead of comparison.
@@ -64,10 +72,9 @@ public function apply(AbstractNode $node)
      */
     private function getStatements(AbstractNode $node)
     {
-        $ifStatements = $node->findChildrenOfType('IfStatement');
-        $elseIfStatements = $node->findChildrenOfType('ElseIfStatement');
-
-        return array_merge($ifStatements, $elseIfStatements);
+        return call_user_func_array('array_merge', array_map(function ($type) use ($node) {
+            return $node->findChildrenOfType($type);
+        }, $this->ifStatements));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -79,9 +86,12 @@ private function getStatements(AbstractNode $node)
     private function getExpressions(array $statements)
     {
         $expressions = array();
+
         /** @var ASTNode $statement */
         foreach ($statements as $statement) {
-            $expressions = array_merge($expressions, $statement->findChildrenOfType('Expression'));
+            $expressions = array_merge($expressions, array_filter($statement->findChildrenOfType('Expression'), function (ASTNode $node) {
+                return !count($node->getParent()->findChildrenOfType('FunctionPostfix'));
+            }));
         }
 
         return $expressions;
diff --git a/src/test/php/PHPMD/Rule/CleanCode/IfStatementAssignmentTest.php b/src/test/php/PHPMD/Rule/CleanCode/IfStatementAssignmentTest.php
index a3eb3d9e0..69bf12414 100644
--- a/src/test/php/PHPMD/Rule/CleanCode/IfStatementAssignmentTest.php
+++ b/src/test/php/PHPMD/Rule/CleanCode/IfStatementAssignmentTest.php
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 
 class IfStatementAssignmentTest extends AbstractTest
 {
+    public function testRuleNotAppliesInsideClosure()
+    {
+        $rule = new IfStatementAssignment();
+        $rule->setReport($this->getReportMock(0));
+        $rule->apply($this->getMethod());
+    }
+
     public function testRuleNotAppliesToIfsWithoutAssignment()
     {
         $rule = new IfStatementAssignment();
diff --git a/src/test/resources/files/Rule/CleanCode/IfStatementAssignment/testRuleNotAppliesInsideClosure.php b/src/test/resources/files/Rule/CleanCode/IfStatementAssignment/testRuleNotAppliesInsideClosure.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a69314fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/files/Rule/CleanCode/IfStatementAssignment/testRuleNotAppliesInsideClosure.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * This file is part of PHP Mess Detector.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) Manuel Pichler <mapi@phpmd.org>.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under BSD License
+ * For full copyright and license information, please see the LICENSE file.
+ * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice.
+ *
+ * @author Manuel Pichler <mapi@phpmd.org>
+ * @copyright Manuel Pichler. All rights reserved.
+ * @license https://opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php BSD License
+ * @link http://phpmd.org/
+ */
+
+namespace PHPMDTest;
+
+class Foo
+{
+    public function testRuleNotAppliesInsideClosure()
+    {
+        if (true) {
+            array_filter(array(), function ($foo) {
+                $bar = $foo;
+                echo $bar;
+            });
+        }
+    }
+}