diff --git a/lib/AST/ParentMap.cpp b/lib/AST/ParentMap.cpp
index 54472ec..877b43b 100644
--- a/lib/AST/ParentMap.cpp
+++ b/lib/AST/ParentMap.cpp
@@ -45,3 +45,43 @@
   MapTy::iterator I = M->find(S);
   return I == M->end() ? 0 : I->second;
 }
+
+bool ParentMap::isConsumedExpr(Expr* E) const {
+  Stmt *P = getParent(E);
+  Stmt *DirectChild = E;
+  
+  // Ignore parents that are parentheses or casts.
+  while (P && (isa<ParenExpr>(E) || isa<CastExpr>(E))) {
+    DirectChild = P;
+    P = getParent(P);
+  }
+  
+  if (!P)
+    return false;
+  
+  switch (P->getStmtClass()) {
+    default:
+      return isa<Expr>(P);
+    case Stmt::DeclStmtClass:
+      return true;
+    case Stmt::BinaryOperatorClass: {
+      BinaryOperator *BE = cast<BinaryOperator>(P);
+      return BE->getOpcode()==BinaryOperator::Comma && DirectChild==BE->getLHS();
+    }
+    case Stmt::ForStmtClass:
+      return DirectChild == cast<ForStmt>(P)->getCond();
+    case Stmt::WhileStmtClass:
+      return DirectChild == cast<WhileStmt>(P)->getCond();      
+    case Stmt::DoStmtClass:
+      return DirectChild == cast<DoStmt>(P)->getCond();
+    case Stmt::IfStmtClass:
+      return DirectChild == cast<IfStmt>(P)->getCond();
+    case Stmt::IndirectGotoStmtClass:
+      return DirectChild == cast<IndirectGotoStmt>(P)->getTarget();
+    case Stmt::SwitchStmtClass:
+      return DirectChild == cast<SwitchStmt>(P)->getCond();
+    case Stmt::ReturnStmtClass:
+      return true;
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/CheckDeadStores.cpp b/lib/Analysis/CheckDeadStores.cpp
index 504de3c..d1b3be5 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/CheckDeadStores.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/CheckDeadStores.cpp
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@
     : Ctx(ctx), BR(br), Parents(parents) {}
   
   virtual ~DeadStoreObs() {}
-  
-  bool isConsumedExpr(Expr* E) const;
-  
-  
+
   void Report(VarDecl* V, DeadStoreKind dsk, SourceLocation L, SourceRange R) {
 
     std::string name = V->getNameAsString();
@@ -148,7 +145,7 @@
               return;
             
           // Otherwise, issue a warning.
-          DeadStoreKind dsk = isConsumedExpr(B)
+          DeadStoreKind dsk = Parents.isConsumedExpr(B)
                               ? Enclosing 
                               : (isIncrement(VD,B) ? DeadIncrement : Standard);
           
@@ -163,7 +160,7 @@
       //  about preincrements to dead variables when the preincrement occurs
       //  as a subexpression.  This can lead to false negatives, e.g. "(++x);"
       //  A generalized dead code checker should find such issues.
-      if (U->isPrefix() && isConsumedExpr(U))
+      if (U->isPrefix() && Parents.isConsumedExpr(U))
         return;
 
       Expr *Ex = U->getSubExpr()->IgnoreParenCasts();
@@ -218,43 +215,6 @@
   
 } // end anonymous namespace
 
-bool DeadStoreObs::isConsumedExpr(Expr* E) const {
-  Stmt *P = Parents.getParent(E);
-  Stmt *DirectChild = E;
-  
-  // Ignore parents that are parentheses or casts.
-  while (P && (isa<ParenExpr>(E) || isa<CastExpr>(E))) {
-    DirectChild = P;
-    P = Parents.getParent(P);
-  }
-  
-  if (!P)
-    return false;
-  
-  switch (P->getStmtClass()) {
-    default:
-      return isa<Expr>(P);
-    case Stmt::BinaryOperatorClass: {
-      BinaryOperator *BE = cast<BinaryOperator>(P);
-      return BE->getOpcode()==BinaryOperator::Comma && DirectChild==BE->getLHS();
-    }
-    case Stmt::ForStmtClass:
-      return DirectChild == cast<ForStmt>(P)->getCond();
-    case Stmt::WhileStmtClass:
-      return DirectChild == cast<WhileStmt>(P)->getCond();      
-    case Stmt::DoStmtClass:
-      return DirectChild == cast<DoStmt>(P)->getCond();
-    case Stmt::IfStmtClass:
-      return DirectChild == cast<IfStmt>(P)->getCond();
-    case Stmt::IndirectGotoStmtClass:
-      return DirectChild == cast<IndirectGotoStmt>(P)->getTarget();
-    case Stmt::SwitchStmtClass:
-      return DirectChild == cast<SwitchStmt>(P)->getCond();
-    case Stmt::ReturnStmtClass:
-      return true;
-  }
-}
-
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // Driver function to invoke the Dead-Stores checker on a CFG.
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
diff --git a/lib/Analysis/GRExprEngine.cpp b/lib/Analysis/GRExprEngine.cpp
index 2b5808f..0e3d3ad 100644
--- a/lib/Analysis/GRExprEngine.cpp
+++ b/lib/Analysis/GRExprEngine.cpp
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 //
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 
+#include "clang/AST/ParentMap.h"
 #include "clang/Analysis/PathSensitive/GRExprEngine.h"
 #include "clang/Analysis/PathSensitive/GRExprEngineBuilders.h"
-
 #include "clang/Analysis/PathSensitive/BugReporter.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/SourceManager.h"
 #include "clang/Basic/PrettyStackTrace.h"
@@ -1690,7 +1690,8 @@
     
     if (isFeasibleNull) {
       // Check if the receiver was nil and the return value a struct.
-      if (ME->getType()->isRecordType()) {
+      if (ME->getType()->isRecordType() &&
+          BR.getParentMap().isConsumedExpr(ME)) {
         // The [0 ...] expressions will return garbage.  Flag either an
         // explicit or implicit error.  Because of the structure of this
         // function we currently do not bifurfacte the state graph at