diff --git a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctions.kt b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctions.kt
index dbddc9f1da7..81a0dc39d7f 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctions.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctions.kt
@@ -121,17 +121,15 @@ class NestedScopeFunctions(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
 
         private fun KtCallExpression.isScopeFunction(): Boolean {
             val descriptors = resolveDescriptors()
-            val descriptor = descriptors.find { it.matchesScopeFunction() }
-            return descriptor != null
+            return !descriptors.any { it.matchesScopeFunction() }
         }
 
         private fun KtCallExpression.resolveDescriptors(): List<CallableDescriptor> =
             getResolvedCall(bindingContext)?.resultingDescriptor
                 ?.let { listOf(it) + it.overriddenDescriptors }
-                ?: emptyList()
+                .orEmpty()
 
-        private fun CallableDescriptor.matchesScopeFunction(): Boolean {
-            return functions.find { it.match(this) } != null
-        }
+        private fun CallableDescriptor.matchesScopeFunction(): Boolean =
+            !functions.any { it.match(this) }
     }
 }
diff --git a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctionsSpec.kt b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctionsSpec.kt
index b3f4be087ba..df1817d52b5 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctionsSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-complexity/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/complexity/NestedScopeFunctionsSpec.kt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 @KotlinCoreEnvironmentTest
 class NestedScopeFunctionsSpec(private val env: KotlinCoreEnvironment) {
 
-    private var defaultConfig = TestConfig(
+    private val defaultConfig = TestConfig(
         mapOf(
             "threshold" to 1,
             "functions" to listOf("kotlin.run", "kotlin.with")