diff --git a/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/ImportScannerImpl.java b/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/ImportScannerImpl.java
index 593435e8981..d8a620f3feb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/ImportScannerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/spoon/reflect/visitor/ImportScannerImpl.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public <T> void visitCtTypeReference(CtTypeReference<T> reference) {
 			if (reference.getDeclaringType() == null) {
 				addImport(reference);
 			} else {
-				addImport(reference.getDeclaringType());
+				addImport(reference.getAccessType(targetType));
 			}
 		}
 		super.visitCtTypeReference(reference);