diff --git a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck.java b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck.java
index a5d777e2225..2bc72516c30 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheck.java
@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@ private static Entry<DetailAST, Integer> calculateDistanceBetweenScopes(
                             getFirstNodeInsideTryCatchFinallyBlocks(blockWithVariableUsage,
                                 variable);
                         break;
+                    case TokenTypes.METHOD_DEF:
+                        exprWithVariableUsage = blockWithVariableUsage.getNextSibling();
+                        break;
                     default:
                         exprWithVariableUsage = blockWithVariableUsage.getFirstChild();
                 }
@@ -784,7 +787,8 @@ private static boolean isZeroDistanceToken(int type) {
                 || type == TokenTypes.MODIFIERS
                 || type == TokenTypes.RESOURCE
                 || type == TokenTypes.EXTENDS_CLAUSE
-                || type == TokenTypes.IMPLEMENTS_CLAUSE;
+                || type == TokenTypes.IMPLEMENTS_CLAUSE
+                || type == TokenTypes.CLASS_DEF;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheckTest.java b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheckTest.java
index 3b4050ad2fe..bb542acc729 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/VariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCheckTest.java
@@ -352,9 +352,7 @@ public void testGeneralClass3() throws Exception {
 
     @Test
     public void testGeneralClass4() throws Exception {
-        final String[] expected = {
-            "26:9: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "z", 3, 1),
-        };
+        final String[] expected = {};
 
         verifyWithInlineConfigParser(
                 getPath("InputVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceGeneral4.java"), expected);
@@ -408,4 +406,13 @@ public void testVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCloseToBlock() throws Exception
         verifyWithInlineConfigParser(
                 getPath("InputVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceCloseToBlock.java"), expected);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceMethodDefinition() throws Exception {
+        final String[] expected = {
+            "18:9: " + getCheckMessage(MSG_KEY, "c", 2, 1),
+        };
+        verifyWithInlineConfigParser(
+                getPath("InputVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceMethodDefinition.java"), expected);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/variabledeclarationusagedistance/InputVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceGeneral4.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/variabledeclarationusagedistance/InputVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceGeneral4.java
index 25da6e04710..ee8a4fb4089 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/variabledeclarationusagedistance/InputVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceGeneral4.java
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/variabledeclarationusagedistance/InputVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceGeneral4.java
@@ -22,8 +22,7 @@ void mm() {
         <T> void xx(List<T> m){}
     }
     public void method9() {
-        // until https://github.com/checkstyle/checkstyle/issues/13011
-        Integer z = 5; // violation 'Distance .* is 3.'
+        Integer z = 5;
         Iterator<Integer> mn = new HashSet<Integer>().iterator();
         class BClass extends Parent {
             Boolean h = false;
diff --git a/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/variabledeclarationusagedistance/InputVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceMethodDefinition.java b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/variabledeclarationusagedistance/InputVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceMethodDefinition.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35ece41e3f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/coding/variabledeclarationusagedistance/InputVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceMethodDefinition.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+VariableDeclarationUsageDistance
+allowedDistance = 1
+ignoreVariablePattern = (default)
+validateBetweenScopes = true
+ignoreFinal = false
+
+
+*/
+
+package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.coding.variabledeclarationusagedistance;
+
+import java.util.Iterator;
+public class InputVariableDeclarationUsageDistanceMethodDefinition {
+    public void method(){
+        int a=1;
+        int b=2;
+        int c=3;// violation 'Distance .* is 2.'
+        class GeneralLogic {
+            public <T> Iterator<T> method(T[] b) throws Exception{
+                if(a>0){
+                    System.out.println(b.length);
+                }
+                return null;
+            }
+        };
+        System.out.print(b);
+        System.out.print(c);
+    }
+}