diff --git a/packages/Php70/src/Rector/MethodCall/ThisCallOnStaticMethodToStaticCallRector.php b/packages/Php70/src/Rector/MethodCall/ThisCallOnStaticMethodToStaticCallRector.php
index 990b16d6e7b2..810d3330237c 100644
--- a/packages/Php70/src/Rector/MethodCall/ThisCallOnStaticMethodToStaticCallRector.php
+++ b/packages/Php70/src/Rector/MethodCall/ThisCallOnStaticMethodToStaticCallRector.php
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
             return null;
         }
 
+        // method name is a variable name
+        if ($node->name instanceof Variable) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         $methodName = $this->getName($node->name);
         if ($methodName === null) {
             return null;