diff --git a/findbugs/src/java/edu/umd/cs/findbugs/detect/FindNullDeref.java b/findbugs/src/java/edu/umd/cs/findbugs/detect/FindNullDeref.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/findbugs/src/java/edu/umd/cs/findbugs/detect/FindNullDeref.java
+++ b/findbugs/src/java/edu/umd/cs/findbugs/detect/FindNullDeref.java
@@ -1009,7 +1009,7 @@ public class FindNullDeref implements Detector,
             if (createdDeadCode)
                 System.out.println("createdDeadCode");
         }
-
+        if (priority > LOW_PRIORITY) return;
         BugAnnotation variableAnnotation = null;
         try {
             // Get the value number
if priority not even LOW, don't bother creating bug instance

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