diff --git a/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/ClassLikes.php b/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/ClassLikes.php
index 887220acb..61cd57daf 100644
--- a/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/ClassLikes.php
+++ b/src/Psalm/Internal/Codebase/ClassLikes.php
@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ class ClassLikes
 
                 $method_id = $classlike_storage->name . '::' . $method_storage->cased_name;
 
-                if ($method_storage->visibility === ClassLikeAnalyzer::VISIBILITY_PUBLIC) {
+                if ($method_storage->visibility !== ClassLikeAnalyzer::VISIBILITY_PRIVATE) {
                     $method_name_lc = strtolower($method_name);
 
                     $has_parent_references = false;
diff --git a/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php b/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php
index a592faecd..8b3944c52 100644
--- a/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php
+++ b/tests/UnusedCodeTest.php
@@ -322,6 +322,25 @@ class UnusedCodeTest extends TestCase
 
                     new A();',
             ],
+            'abstractMethodImplementerCoveredByParentCall' => [
+                '<?php
+                    abstract class Foobar {
+                        public function doIt(): void {
+                            $this->inner();
+                        }
+
+                        abstract protected function inner(): void;
+                    }
+
+                    class MyFooBar extends Foobar {
+                        protected function inner(): void {
+                            // Do nothing
+                        }
+                    }
+
+                    $myFooBar = new MyFooBar();
+                    $myFooBar->doIt();',
+            ],
         ];
     }