diff --git a/Tests/VariableAnalysisSniff/fixtures/ClassWithMembersFixture.php b/Tests/VariableAnalysisSniff/fixtures/ClassWithMembersFixture.php
index 6154b73..20adf83 100644
--- a/Tests/VariableAnalysisSniff/fixtures/ClassWithMembersFixture.php
+++ b/Tests/VariableAnalysisSniff/fixtures/ClassWithMembersFixture.php
@@ -175,3 +175,11 @@ public function baz3($param) { // Unused variable $param
     return 'foobar';
   }
 }
+
+class ClassWithStaticCreateMethod {
+
+  public static function createStatic($value) {
+    return new static($value);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/Tests/VariableAnalysisSniff/fixtures/FunctionWithClosureFixture.php b/Tests/VariableAnalysisSniff/fixtures/FunctionWithClosureFixture.php
index c595c2c..d5cb237 100644
--- a/Tests/VariableAnalysisSniff/fixtures/FunctionWithClosureFixture.php
+++ b/Tests/VariableAnalysisSniff/fixtures/FunctionWithClosureFixture.php
@@ -94,3 +94,10 @@ function function_with_fully_qualified_type_argument_in_closure($items, $item_id
         return $line_item->item_id === $item_id;
     });
 }
+
+function function_with_static_closure() {
+    $params = array();
+    array_map(static function ($inner_param) {
+        echo $inner_param;
+    }, $params);
+}
diff --git a/VariableAnalysis/Sniffs/CodeAnalysis/VariableAnalysisSniff.php b/VariableAnalysis/Sniffs/CodeAnalysis/VariableAnalysisSniff.php
index a1aa067..94d1e9f 100644
--- a/VariableAnalysis/Sniffs/CodeAnalysis/VariableAnalysisSniff.php
+++ b/VariableAnalysis/Sniffs/CodeAnalysis/VariableAnalysisSniff.php
@@ -1333,6 +1333,12 @@ protected function processVariableAsStaticDeclaration(File $phpcsFile, $stackPtr
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		// Is the token inside a function call? If so, this is not a static
+		// declaration.
+		if (Helpers::isTokenInsideFunctionCallArgument($phpcsFile, $stackPtr)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		// Is the keyword a late static binding? If so, this isn't the static
 		// keyword we're looking for, but since static:: isn't allowed in a
 		// compile-time constant, we also know we can't be part of a static