diff --git a/detekt-rules-naming/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/naming/TopLevelPropertyNaming.kt b/detekt-rules-naming/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/naming/TopLevelPropertyNaming.kt
index f7316344865..d0ab166f7fa 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-naming/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/naming/TopLevelPropertyNaming.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-naming/src/main/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/naming/TopLevelPropertyNaming.kt
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ class TopLevelPropertyNaming(config: Config = Config.empty) : Rule(config) {
     private val privatePropertyPattern: Regex by config("_?[A-Za-z][_A-Za-z0-9]*") { it.toRegex() }
 
     override fun visitProperty(property: KtProperty) {
+        super.visitProperty(property)
+        if (!property.isTopLevel) return
         if (property.isConstant()) {
             handleConstant(property)
         } else {
diff --git a/detekt-rules-naming/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/naming/TopLevelPropertyNamingSpec.kt b/detekt-rules-naming/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/naming/TopLevelPropertyNamingSpec.kt
index 3d238104ba6..79e1b4246ca 100644
--- a/detekt-rules-naming/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/naming/TopLevelPropertyNamingSpec.kt
+++ b/detekt-rules-naming/src/test/kotlin/io/gitlab/arturbosch/detekt/rules/naming/TopLevelPropertyNamingSpec.kt
@@ -12,18 +12,12 @@ class TopLevelPropertyNamingSpec {
     val subject = TopLevelPropertyNaming()
 
     @Test
-    fun `should use custom name top level propeties`() {
-        assertThat(
-            TopLevelPropertyNaming(TestConfig(mapOf(TopLevelPropertyNaming.CONSTANT_PATTERN to "^lowerCaseConst$"))).compileAndLint(
-                """
-        class Foo{
-            companion object {
-              const val lowerCaseConst = ""
-            }
-        }
-                """.trimIndent()
-            )
-        ).isEmpty()
+    fun `should use custom name top level properties`() {
+        val code = """
+            const val lowerCaseConst = ""
+        """.trimIndent()
+        val subject = TopLevelPropertyNaming(TestConfig(TopLevelPropertyNaming.CONSTANT_PATTERN to "^lowerCaseConst$"))
+        assertThat(subject.lint(code)).isEmpty()
     }
 
     @Nested
@@ -87,4 +81,19 @@ class TopLevelPropertyNamingSpec {
             io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.test.assertThat(subject.lint(code)).hasSize(1)
         }
     }
+
+    @Test
+    fun `should not care about no top level properties`() {
+        val code = """
+            class Foo{
+                val __baz = ""
+                companion object {
+                  const val __bar = ""
+                  val __foo = ""
+                }
+            }
+        """.trimIndent()
+
+        assertThat(subject.compileAndLint(code)).isEmpty()
+    }
 }