diff --git a/src/noLifeCycleCallRule.ts b/src/noLifeCycleCallRule.ts
index a9ef60bc0..a29b77acd 100644
--- a/src/noLifeCycleCallRule.ts
+++ b/src/noLifeCycleCallRule.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class Rule extends Lint.Rules.AbstractRule {
     typescriptOnly: true,
   };
 
-  static FAILURE_STRING: string = 'Avoid explicitly calls to lifecycle hooks in class "%s"';
+  static FAILURE_STRING: string = 'Avoid explicit calls to lifecycle hooks.';
 
   public apply(sourceFile: ts.SourceFile): Lint.RuleFailure[] {
     return this.applyWithWalker(new ExpressionCallMetadataWalker(sourceFile, this.getOptions()));
@@ -49,19 +49,14 @@ export class ExpressionCallMetadataWalker extends NgWalker {
   }
 
   private validateCallExpression(node: ts.CallExpression): void {
-    const name = (node.expression as any).name;
+    const name = ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(node.expression) ? node.expression.name : undefined;
+    const expression = ts.isPropertyAccessExpression(node.expression) ? node.expression.expression : undefined;
 
-    if (!name || !lifecycleHooksMethods.has(name.text)) {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    let currentNode = node as any;
+    const isSuperCall = expression && expression.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.SuperKeyword;
+    const isLifecycleCall = name && ts.isIdentifier(name) && lifecycleHooksMethods.has(name.text as any);
 
-    while (currentNode.parent.parent) {
-      currentNode = currentNode.parent;
+    if (isLifecycleCall && !isSuperCall) {
+      this.addFailureAtNode(node, Rule.FAILURE_STRING);
     }
-
-    const failureConfig = [Rule.FAILURE_STRING, currentNode.name.text];
-    this.addFailureAtNode(node, sprintf.apply(this, failureConfig));
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/noLifeCycleCallRule.spec.ts b/test/noLifeCycleCallRule.spec.ts
index fc3182125..9d8bdb176 100644
--- a/test/noLifeCycleCallRule.spec.ts
+++ b/test/noLifeCycleCallRule.spec.ts
@@ -58,16 +58,39 @@ describe(ruleName, () => {
             }
           `;
 
-          it(`should fail when explicitly call ${lifecycleHookMethod}`, () => {
+          it(`should fail when explicitly calling ${lifecycleHookMethodCall}`, () => {
             assertAnnotated({
               ruleName,
-              message: `Avoid explicitly calls to lifecycle hooks in class "${className}"`,
+              message: 'Avoid explicit calls to lifecycle hooks.',
               source
             });
           });
         });
       });
     }
+
+    lifecycleHooksMethods.forEach(lifecycleHookMethod => {
+      const lifecycleHookMethodCall = `fixture.componentInstance.${lifecycleHookMethod}()`;
+        const totalTildes = '~'.repeat(lifecycleHookMethodCall.length);
+        const source = `
+          it('should work', () => {
+            // test code...
+
+            ${lifecycleHookMethodCall}
+            ${totalTildes}
+
+            // more test code...
+          })
+        `;
+
+      it(`should fail when explicitly calling ${lifecycleHookMethod} outside of a class`, () => {
+        assertAnnotated({
+          ruleName,
+          message: `Avoid explicit calls to lifecycle hooks.`,
+          source
+        });
+      });
+    });
   });
 
   describe('success', () => {
@@ -85,7 +108,28 @@ describe(ruleName, () => {
             }
           `;
 
-          it(`should pass when call ${fakeMethod} method`, () => {
+          it(`should pass when calling ${fakeMethod} method`, () => {
+            assertSuccess(ruleName, source);
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    }
+
+    // call super lifecycle hook
+    for (const metadataKey of metadataKeys) {
+      describe(metadataKey, () => {
+        metadataPairs[metadataKey].forEach(lifecycleHookMethod => {
+          const lifecycleHookMethodCall = `super.${lifecycleHookMethod}()`;
+          const source = `
+            @${metadataKey}()
+            class ${className} implements ${lifecycleHookMethod.slice(2)} {
+              ${lifecycleHookMethod}() {
+                ${lifecycleHookMethodCall}
+              }
+            }
+          `;
+
+          it(`should pass when explicitly calling ${lifecycleHookMethodCall}`, () => {
             assertSuccess(ruleName, source);
           });
         });