diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/StaticAccessedThroughInstanceCheck.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/StaticAccessedThroughInstanceCheck.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/StaticAccessedThroughInstanceCheck.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/clang-tidy/readability/StaticAccessedThroughInstanceCheck.cpp
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@
 
 static unsigned getNameSpecifierNestingLevel(const QualType &QType) {
   if (const ElaboratedType *ElType = QType->getAs<ElaboratedType>()) {
-    const NestedNameSpecifier *NestedSpecifiers = ElType->getQualifier();
-    unsigned NameSpecifierNestingLevel = 1;
-    do {
-      NameSpecifierNestingLevel++;
-      NestedSpecifiers = NestedSpecifiers->getPrefix();
-    } while (NestedSpecifiers);
-
-    return NameSpecifierNestingLevel;
+    if (const NestedNameSpecifier *NestedSpecifiers = ElType->getQualifier()) {
+      unsigned NameSpecifierNestingLevel = 1;
+      do {
+        NameSpecifierNestingLevel++;
+        NestedSpecifiers = NestedSpecifiers->getPrefix();
+      } while (NestedSpecifiers);
+
+      return NameSpecifierNestingLevel;
+    }
   }
   return 0;
 }
@@ -68,6 +69,10 @@
   PrintingPolicy PrintingPolicyWithSupressedTag(AstContext->getLangOpts());
   PrintingPolicyWithSupressedTag.SuppressTagKeyword = true;
   PrintingPolicyWithSupressedTag.SuppressUnwrittenScope = true;
+
+  PrintingPolicyWithSupressedTag.PrintCanonicalTypes =
+      !BaseExpr->getType()->isTypedefNameType();
+
   std::string BaseTypeName =
       BaseType.getAsString(PrintingPolicyWithSupressedTag);
 
diff --git a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-static-accessed-through-instance.cpp b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-static-accessed-through-instance.cpp
--- a/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-static-accessed-through-instance.cpp
+++ b/clang-tools-extra/test/clang-tidy/checkers/readability-static-accessed-through-instance.cpp
@@ -198,6 +198,28 @@
   h<4>();
 }
 
+struct SP {
+  static int I;
+} P;
+
+void usep() {
+  P.I;
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: static member
+  // CHECK-FIXES: {{^}}  SP::I;{{$}}
+}
+
+namespace NSP {
+struct SP {
+  static int I;
+} P;
+} // namespace NSP
+
+void usensp() {
+  NSP::P.I;
+  // CHECK-MESSAGES: :[[@LINE-1]]:3: warning: static member
+  // CHECK-FIXES: {{^}}  NSP::SP::I;{{$}}
+}
+
 // Overloaded member access operator
 struct Q {
   static int K;
@@ -237,9 +259,9 @@
 
 namespace Outer {
   inline namespace Inline {
-    struct S {
-      static int I;
-    };
+  struct S {
+    static int I;
+  };
   }
 }