diff --git a/docs/releasenotes.html b/docs/releasenotes.html
index bffc187e1..486f3075b 100644
--- a/docs/releasenotes.html
+++ b/docs/releasenotes.html
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ checkstyle-user</a>).</li>
          <li class="body">Fixed 1033166 (Indent module specifies two
          indent levels for one line)</li>
 
+         <li class="body">Fixed false alarms in RequireThis check (bug
+         952508)</li>
+
       </ul>
 
       <p class="body">
diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/RequireThisCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/RequireThisCheck.java
index 1aa7c2f8b..b87fdb4e8 100755
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/RequireThisCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/RequireThisCheck.java
@@ -238,10 +238,7 @@ public class RequireThisCheck extends Check
 
         final String name = aAST.getText();
         final LexicalFrame declared = this.mFrames.findFrame(name);
-        if (declared == null) {
-            log(aAST, "require.this.unfound.variable", name);
-        }
-        else if (declared instanceof ClassFrame) {
+        if (declared instanceof ClassFrame) {
             log(aAST, "require.this.variable", name);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/coding/InputRequireThis.java b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/coding/InputRequireThis.java
index 10cc9cbd3..526dcbcf2 100755
--- a/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/coding/InputRequireThis.java
+++ b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/coding/InputRequireThis.java
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ public class InputRequireThis {
         i++;
         this.i = i;
         method1();
-        j--;
+        j--; // unhandled for now
         try {
             this.method1();
         }
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ public class InputRequireThis {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
         this.i--;
+
+        Integer.toString(10);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/RequireThisCheckTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/RequireThisCheckTest.java
index aab706379..5f649417c 100755
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/RequireThisCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/RequireThisCheckTest.java
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public class RequireThisCheckTest extends BaseCheckTestCase
         final String[] expected = {
             "6:9: Reference to instance variable 'i' needs \"this.\".",
             "12:9: Method call to 'method1' needs \"this.\".",
-            "13:9: Unable find where 'j' is declared.",
+//              "13:9: Unable find where 'j' is declared.",
         };
         verify(checkConfig,
                getPath("coding" + File.separator + "InputRequireThis.java"),
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public class RequireThisCheckTest extends BaseCheckTestCase
         checkConfig.addAttribute("checkMethods", "false");
         final String[] expected = {
             "6:9: Reference to instance variable 'i' needs \"this.\".",
-            "13:9: Unable find where 'j' is declared.",
+//              "13:9: Unable find where 'j' is declared.",
         };
         verify(checkConfig,
                getPath("coding" + File.separator + "InputRequireThis.java"),