1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ScopeUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ScopeUtils.java
index f9c0eaa9c..05b902bad 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ScopeUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/utils/ScopeUtils.java
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@ public final class ScopeUtils {
             final DetailAST parent = node.getParent();
             localVariableDef = parent.getType() == TokenTypes.LITERAL_CATCH;
         }
+
+        if (node.getType() == TokenTypes.RESOURCE) {
+            localVariableDef = true;
+        }
         return localVariableDef;
     }