diff --git a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/SymbolicExecution/Roslyn/PublicMethodArgumentsShouldBeCheckedForNull.cs b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/SymbolicExecution/Roslyn/PublicMethodArgumentsShouldBeCheckedForNull.cs
index 1dd0045603b..5fad798f46c 100644
--- a/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/SymbolicExecution/Roslyn/PublicMethodArgumentsShouldBeCheckedForNull.cs
+++ b/analyzers/src/SonarAnalyzer.CSharp/SymbolicExecution/Roslyn/PublicMethodArgumentsShouldBeCheckedForNull.cs
@@ -30,16 +30,6 @@ public class PublicMethodArgumentsShouldBeCheckedForNull : SymbolicRuleCheck
     private const string DiagnosticId = "S3900";
     private const string MessageFormat = "{0}";
 
-    private static readonly OperationKind[] DereferenceOperations = new[]
-    {
-        OperationKindEx.Invocation,
-        OperationKindEx.FieldReference,
-        OperationKindEx.PropertyReference,
-        OperationKindEx.EventReference,
-        OperationKindEx.Await,
-        OperationKindEx.ArrayElementReference
-    };
-
     internal static readonly DiagnosticDescriptor S3900 = DescriptorFactory.Create(DiagnosticId, MessageFormat);
 
     protected override DiagnosticDescriptor Rule => S3900;
@@ -101,8 +91,9 @@ bool NullableStateIsNotKnownForParameter(IParameterSymbol symbol) =>
             context.State[symbol] is null || !context.State[symbol].HasConstraint<ObjectConstraint>();
     }
 
-    private static IOperation NullDereferenceCandidate(IOperation operation) =>
-        operation.Kind switch
+    private static IOperation NullDereferenceCandidate(IOperation operation)
+    {
+        var candidate = operation.Kind switch
         {
             OperationKindEx.Invocation => operation.ToInvocation().Instance,
             OperationKindEx.FieldReference => operation.ToFieldReference().Instance,
@@ -113,6 +104,16 @@ private static IOperation NullDereferenceCandidate(IOperation operation) =>
             _ => null,
         };
 
+        return candidate?.Kind == OperationKindEx.Conversion
+            ? ConversionOperand(candidate)
+            : candidate;
+    }
+
+    private static IOperation ConversionOperand(IOperation operation) =>
+        operation.Kind == OperationKindEx.Conversion
+            ? ConversionOperand(operation.ToConversion().Operand)
+            : operation;
+
     private sealed class ArgumentDereferenceWalker : SafeCSharpSyntaxWalker
     {
         private readonly ISet<string> argumentNames;