diff --git a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzer.cs b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzer.cs
index 3e199b79c23..22611734c5d 100644
--- a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzer.cs
+++ b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzer.cs
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ name.Parent is MemberAccessExpressionSyntax
                     { } parent when NameIsRightOfIsExpression(name, parent) => ClassifyIdentifierByModel(name), // is i
                     { RawKind: (int)SyntaxKindEx.ConstantPattern } => ClassifyIdentifierByModel(name), // is { X: i }
                     // nameof(i) can be bound to a type or a member
-                    ArgumentSyntax x when IsNameOf(x) => ClassifyIdentifierByModel(name),
+                    ArgumentSyntax x when IsNameOf(x) => IsValueParameterOfSetter(name) ? TokenType.Keyword : ClassifyIdentifierByModel(name),
                     // walk up memberaccess to detect cases like above
                     MemberAccessExpressionSyntax x => ClassifySimpleNameExpressionSpecialContext(x, name),
                     _ => ClassifySimpleNameExpressionSpecialNames(name)
diff --git a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzerTest.Classifier.cs b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzerTest.Classifier.cs
index 1c0d2124083..64cf5149f91 100644
--- a/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzerTest.Classifier.cs
+++ b/analyzers/tests/SonarAnalyzer.UnitTest/Rules/Utilities/TokenTypeAnalyzerTest.Classifier.cs
@@ -378,6 +378,8 @@ public class Inner { }
     [DataRow("_ = [k:value];", true)]
     [DataRow("_ = this.[u:value];", false)]
     [DataRow("int [u:Value] = 0; _ = [u:Value]++;", false)]
+    [DataRow("_ = nameof([k:value]);", true)]
+    [DataRow("_ = nameof([k:value].ToString);", true)]
     [DataRow("_ = [k:value].ToString();", true)]
     [DataRow("_ = [k:value].InnerException.InnerException;", true)]
     [DataRow("_ = [k:value]?.InnerException.InnerException;", true)]