diff --git a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeIssues/VariableDeclaredInWideScopeIssue.cs b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeIssues/VariableDeclaredInWideScopeIssue.cs
index 6ce291b7fc..b43fe993fe 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeIssues/VariableDeclaredInWideScopeIssue.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeIssues/VariableDeclaredInWideScopeIssue.cs
@@ -51,17 +51,22 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp.Refactoring
 				this.context = context;
 			}
 
-			static IList<Type> loopStatements = new List<Type>() {
+			static IList<Type> blockingStatements = new List<Type>() {
 				typeof(WhileStatement),
 				typeof(ForeachStatement),
 				typeof(ForStatement),
-				typeof(DoWhileStatement)
+				typeof(DoWhileStatement),
+				typeof(TryCatchStatement)
 			};
 		
 			public override void VisitVariableDeclarationStatement(VariableDeclarationStatement variableDeclarationStatement)
 			{
 				base.VisitVariableDeclarationStatement(variableDeclarationStatement);
 
+				if (!(variableDeclarationStatement.Parent is BlockStatement))
+					// We are somewhere weird, like a the ResourceAquisition of a using statement
+					return;
+
 				if (variableDeclarationStatement.Variables.Count > 1)
 					return;
 
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp.Refactoring
 				var path = GetPath(rootNode, lowestCommonAncestor);
 
 				var firstLoopStatement = (from node in path
-				                          where loopStatements.Contains(node.GetType())
+				                          where blockingStatements.Contains(node.GetType())
 				                          select node).FirstOrDefault();
 				IList<AstNode> possibleDestinationsPath;
 				if (firstLoopStatement == null) {
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeIssues/VariableDeclaredInWideScopeTests.cs b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeIssues/VariableDeclaredInWideScopeTests.cs
index b834dc149c..a3d77036ac 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeIssues/VariableDeclaredInWideScopeTests.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeIssues/VariableDeclaredInWideScopeTests.cs
@@ -243,6 +243,46 @@ class A
 			val = 3;
 		}
 	}
+}";
+			TestRefactoringContext context;
+			var issues = GetIssues(new VariableDeclaredInWideScopeIssue(), input, out context);
+			Assert.AreEqual(0, issues.Count);
+		}
+		
+		[Test]
+		public void DoesNotSuggestMovingIntoTryCatch()
+		{
+			var input = @"
+class A
+{
+	void F()
+	{
+		int val = 2;
+		try {
+			System.Console.WriteLine(val);
+		} catch {
+			throw;
+		}
+	}
+}";
+			TestRefactoringContext context;
+			var issues = GetIssues(new VariableDeclaredInWideScopeIssue(), input, out context);
+			Assert.AreEqual(0, issues.Count);
+		}
+		
+		[Test]
+		public void DoesNotSuggestMovingIntoBodyOfUsing()
+		{	
+			var input = @"
+using System.IO;
+class A
+{
+	void F()
+	{
+		using (FileStream fs = new FileStream("""", FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read)) {
+			fs.Read(null, 0, 0);
+		}
+	}
 }";
 			TestRefactoringContext context;
 			var issues = GetIssues(new VariableDeclaredInWideScopeIssue(), input, out context);