diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java
index 60e56172e..772402ce5 100755
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheck.java
@@ -158,7 +158,9 @@ public class DeclarationOrderCheck extends Check
             state = mScopeStates.peek();
             if (aAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.LITERAL_STATIC) != null) {
                 if (state.mScopeState > STATE_STATIC_VARIABLE_DEF) {
-                    if (!mIgnoreModifiers) {
+                    if (!mIgnoreModifiers
+                        || state.mScopeState > STATE_INSTANCE_VARIABLE_DEF)
+                    {
                         log(aAST, "declaration.order.static");
                     }
                 }
@@ -168,9 +170,7 @@ public class DeclarationOrderCheck extends Check
             }
             else {
                 if (state.mScopeState > STATE_INSTANCE_VARIABLE_DEF) {
-                    if (!mIgnoreModifiers) {
-                        log(aAST, "declaration.order.instance");
-                    }
+                    log(aAST, "declaration.order.instance");
                 }
                 else if (state.mScopeState == STATE_STATIC_VARIABLE_DEF) {
                     state.mDeclarationAccess = Scope.PUBLIC;
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheckTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheckTest.java
index 2a1b18fbb..b65506bc6 100755
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/DeclarationOrderCheckTest.java
@@ -72,8 +72,13 @@ public class DeclarationOrderCheckTest
         checkConfig.addAttribute("ignoreModifiers", "true");
 
         final String[] expected = {
+            "45:9: Static variable definition in wrong order.",
             "54:5: Constructor definition in wrong order.",
+            "80:5: Instance variable definition in wrong order.",
+            "100:9: Static variable definition in wrong order.",
+            "143:9: Static variable definition in wrong order.",
             "152:5: Constructor definition in wrong order.",
+            "178:5: Instance variable definition in wrong order.",
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("coding/InputDeclarationOrder.java"), expected);
     }
diff --git a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
index 47c18f2cc..6c3dbf7e3 100755
--- a/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
+++ b/src/xdocs/releasenotes.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
       </ul>
       <p>Bug fixes:</p>
       <ul>
+        <li>
+          <a href="config_conding.html#DeclarationOrder">DeclarationOrder</a>
+          handles ignoreModifiers correctly (all fields should be before
+          ctors and methods)(bug #3429775)
+        </li>
         <li>
           <a href="config_conding.html#InnerAssignment">Inner assignment</a>
           is now allowed in try-with-resources (bug #3441097)