Index: clang-tidy/misc/VirtualNearMissCheck.cpp
===================================================================
--- clang-tidy/misc/VirtualNearMissCheck.cpp
+++ clang-tidy/misc/VirtualNearMissCheck.cpp
@@ -52,16 +52,10 @@
   const CXXRecordDecl *BRD, *DRD;
 
   // Both types must be pointers or references to classes.
-  if (const auto *DerivedPT = DerivedReturnTy->getAs<PointerType>()) {
-    if (const auto *BasePT = BaseReturnTy->getAs<PointerType>()) {
-      DTy = DerivedPT->getPointeeType();
-      BTy = BasePT->getPointeeType();
-    }
-  } else if (const auto *DerivedRT = DerivedReturnTy->getAs<ReferenceType>()) {
-    if (const auto *BaseRT = BaseReturnTy->getAs<ReferenceType>()) {
-      DTy = DerivedRT->getPointeeType();
-      BTy = BaseRT->getPointeeType();
-    }
+  if ((BaseReturnTy->isPointerType() && DerivedReturnTy->isPointerType()) ||
+      (BaseReturnTy->isReferenceType() && DerivedReturnTy->isReferenceType())) {
+    DTy = DerivedReturnTy->getPointeeType();
+    BTy = BaseReturnTy->getPointeeType();
   }
 
   // The return types aren't either both pointers or references to a class type.
@@ -116,6 +110,13 @@
   return true;
 }
 
+/// \returns decayed type for arrays and functions.
+static QualType getDecayedType(QualType Type) {
+  if (const auto *Decayed = Type->getAs<DecayedType>())
+    return Decayed->getDecayedType();
+  return Type;
+}
+
 /// \returns true if the param types are the same.
 static bool checkParamTypes(const CXXMethodDecl *BaseMD,
                             const CXXMethodDecl *DerivedMD) {
@@ -125,8 +126,8 @@
     return false;
 
   for (unsigned I = 0; I < NumParamA; I++) {
-    if (BaseMD->getParamDecl(I)->getType() !=
-        DerivedMD->getParamDecl(I)->getType())
+    if (getDecayedType(BaseMD->getParamDecl(I)->getType()) !=
+        getDecayedType(DerivedMD->getParamDecl(I)->getType()))
       return false;
   }
   return true;
@@ -143,9 +144,6 @@
   if (BaseMD->isStatic() != DerivedMD->isStatic())
     return false;
 
-  if (BaseMD->getAccess() != DerivedMD->getAccess())
-    return false;
-
   if (BaseMD->getType() == DerivedMD->getType())
     return true;
 
Index: test/clang-tidy/misc-virtual-near-miss.cpp
===================================================================
--- test/clang-tidy/misc-virtual-near-miss.cpp
+++ test/clang-tidy/misc-virtual-near-miss.cpp
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   static void method();
   virtual int method(int argc, const char **argv);
   virtual int method(int argc) const;
+  virtual int decay(const char *str);
 };
 
 class Child : private Father, private Mother {
@@ -60,6 +61,10 @@
   virtual Derived &&generat();
   // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: method 'Child::generat' has {{.*}} 'Father::generate'
 
+  int decaz(const char str[]);
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: method 'Child::decaz' has {{.*}} 'Mother::decay'
+
 private:
-  void funk(); // Should not warn: access qualifers don't match.
+  void funk();
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: method 'Child::funk' has {{.*}} 'Father::func'
 };