diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 705c34dc8..5971c1273 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1152,8 +1152,6 @@
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.regexp.RegexpSinglelineCheck</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>76</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.checks.regexp.SinglelineDetector</pattern><branchRate>93</branchRate><lineRate>96</lineRate></regex>
 
-            <regex><pattern>.*.checks.whitespace.AbstractParenPadCheck</pattern><branchRate>88</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
-
             <regex><pattern>.*.filters.SuppressionCommentFilter</pattern><branchRate>83</branchRate><lineRate>93</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.filters.SuppressionCommentFilter\$Tag</pattern><branchRate>96</branchRate><lineRate>94</lineRate></regex>
             <regex><pattern>.*.filters.SuppressionsLoader</pattern><branchRate>63</branchRate><lineRate>77</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/NoWhitespaceBeforeCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/NoWhitespaceBeforeCheckTest.java
index fefcb3f98..4b207e21d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/NoWhitespaceBeforeCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/NoWhitespaceBeforeCheckTest.java
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ public class NoWhitespaceBeforeCheckTest
             "211:15: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, ";"),
             "266:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, ";"),
             "270:15: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, ";"),
+            "284:1: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, ";"),
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputWhitespace.java"), expected);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/ParenPadCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/ParenPadCheckTest.java
index 9664a3a48..e9f4e9c78 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/ParenPadCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/whitespace/ParenPadCheckTest.java
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ public class ParenPadCheckTest
             "232:27: " + getCheckMessage(WS_PRECEDED, ")"),
             "241:24: " + getCheckMessage(WS_FOLLOWED, "("),
             "241:30: " + getCheckMessage(WS_PRECEDED, ")"),
-            "276:18: " + getCheckMessage(WS_FOLLOWED, "("),
-            "276:23: " + getCheckMessage(WS_PRECEDED, ")"),
+            "277:18: " + getCheckMessage(WS_FOLLOWED, "("),
+            "277:23: " + getCheckMessage(WS_PRECEDED, ")"),
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputWhitespace.java"), expected);
     }
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ public class ParenPadCheckTest
             "235:39: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_PRECEDED, ")"),
             "252:21: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_FOLLOWED, "("),
             "252:93: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_PRECEDED, ")"),
-            "272:26: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_FOLLOWED, "("),
-            "272:36: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_PRECEDED, ")"),
-            "274:29: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_FOLLOWED, "("),
-            "274:42: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_PRECEDED, ")"),
-            "275:18: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_FOLLOWED, "("),
-            "275:33: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_PRECEDED, ")"),
+            "273:26: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_FOLLOWED, "("),
+            "273:36: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_PRECEDED, ")"),
+            "275:29: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_FOLLOWED, "("),
+            "275:42: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_PRECEDED, ")"),
+            "276:18: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_FOLLOWED, "("),
+            "276:33: " + getCheckMessage(WS_NOT_PRECEDED, ")"),
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputWhitespace.java"), expected);
     }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputWhitespace.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputWhitespace.java
index 8bddf6dcf..75df80731 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputWhitespace.java
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/InputWhitespace.java
@@ -269,10 +269,18 @@ class SpecialCasesInForLoop
     public void testNullSemi() {
         return ;
     }
+
     public void register(Object obj) { }
 
     public void doSomething(String args[]) {
         register(boolean[].class);
         register( args );
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+    public void parentheses() {
+        testNullSemi
+(
+)
+;
+    }
+}