diff --git a/go/ql/src/InconsistentCode/WhitespaceContradictsPrecedence.ql b/go/ql/src/InconsistentCode/WhitespaceContradictsPrecedence.ql
index 83ce8ce7eead..77706822f1fb 100644
--- a/go/ql/src/InconsistentCode/WhitespaceContradictsPrecedence.ql
+++ b/go/ql/src/InconsistentCode/WhitespaceContradictsPrecedence.ql
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class HarmlessNestedExpr extends BinaryExpr {
  */
 predicate interestingNesting(BinaryExpr inner, BinaryExpr outer) {
   inner = outer.getAChildExpr() and
+  not isParenthesized(inner, _) and
   not inner instanceof AssocNestedExpr and
   not inner instanceof HarmlessNestedExpr
 }
diff --git a/go/ql/test/query-tests/InconsistentCode/WhitespaceContradictsPrecedence/ParenthesizedOperands.go b/go/ql/test/query-tests/InconsistentCode/WhitespaceContradictsPrecedence/ParenthesizedOperands.go
index 1b9d472a6237..07882d38b0a4 100644
--- a/go/ql/test/query-tests/InconsistentCode/WhitespaceContradictsPrecedence/ParenthesizedOperands.go
+++ b/go/ql/test/query-tests/InconsistentCode/WhitespaceContradictsPrecedence/ParenthesizedOperands.go
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ package main
 func weightedMeanGood(a, b float64, countA, countB, total int) float64 {
 	return ((a * float64(countA)) + (b * float64(countB))) / float64(total)
 }
+
+func parenthesizedGood(a, b, c int) int {
+	return (a ^ b)&c
+}