diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 581e713c0..bba7a8b2d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -878,7 +878,6 @@
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.naming.MethodNameCheck</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>93</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.naming.PackageNameCheck</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>88</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.naming.ParameterNameCheck</pattern><branchRate>75</branchRate><lineRate>80</lineRate></regex>
-          <regex><pattern>.*.checks.naming.StaticVariableNameCheck</pattern><branchRate>81</branchRate><lineRate>87</lineRate></regex>
 
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.regexp.CommentSuppressor</pattern><branchRate>75</branchRate><lineRate>100</lineRate></regex>
           <regex><pattern>.*.checks.regexp.DetectorOptions</pattern><branchRate>100</branchRate><lineRate>96</lineRate></regex>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/StaticVariableNameCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/StaticVariableNameCheck.java
index b7ed62423..fc1298e75 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/StaticVariableNameCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/StaticVariableNameCheck.java
@@ -68,10 +68,8 @@ public class StaticVariableNameCheck
     protected final boolean mustCheckName(DetailAST ast) {
         final DetailAST modifiersAST =
             ast.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.MODIFIERS);
-        final boolean isStatic = modifiersAST != null
-            && modifiersAST.branchContains(TokenTypes.LITERAL_STATIC);
-        final boolean isFinal = modifiersAST != null
-            && modifiersAST.branchContains(TokenTypes.FINAL);
+        final boolean isStatic = modifiersAST.branchContains(TokenTypes.LITERAL_STATIC);
+        final boolean isFinal = modifiersAST.branchContains(TokenTypes.FINAL);
 
         return isStatic
                 && !isFinal
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/StaticVariableNameCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/StaticVariableNameCheckTest.java
index 1321102b4..1b159fa88 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/StaticVariableNameCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/StaticVariableNameCheckTest.java
@@ -19,11 +19,16 @@
 
 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.naming;
 
-import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.BaseCheckTestSupport;
-import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.DefaultConfiguration;
+import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.naming.AbstractNameCheck.MSG_INVALID_PATTERN;
+
+import java.io.File;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
-import static com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.naming.AbstractNameCheck.MSG_INVALID_PATTERN;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.BaseCheckTestSupport;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.DefaultConfiguration;
+import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
 
 public class StaticVariableNameCheckTest
     extends BaseCheckTestSupport {
@@ -53,5 +58,29 @@ public class StaticVariableNameCheckTest
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputSimple.java"), expected);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testInterfaceOrAnnotationBlock()
+        throws Exception {
+        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
+                createCheckConfig(StaticVariableNameCheck.class);
+        final String[] expected = {
+        };
+        verify(checkConfig,
+                new File("src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/"
+                        + "checkstyle/naming/InputStaticVariableName.java").getCanonicalPath(),
+                expected);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetAcceptableTokens() {
+        StaticVariableNameCheck staticVariableNameCheckObj = new StaticVariableNameCheck();
+        int[] actual = staticVariableNameCheckObj.getAcceptableTokens();
+        int[] expected = new int[] {
+            TokenTypes.VARIABLE_DEF,
+        };
+        Assert.assertNotNull(actual);
+        Assert.assertArrayEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/naming/InputStaticVariableName.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/naming/InputStaticVariableName.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..155f0271c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/naming/InputStaticVariableName.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.naming;
+
+public class InputStaticVariableName {
+
+	/** Interface fields should be skipped */
+	interface A {
+	    public static int VAL_0 = 1;
+	}
+
+	/** Annotation fields should be skipped */
+	@interface B {
+	    String name() default "";
+	    int version() default 0;
+	    public static int VAL_1 = 0;
+	}
+}