diff --git a/lib/brakeman/checks/check_redirect.rb b/lib/brakeman/checks/check_redirect.rb
index 94485046ec458cd306a48901f4da89a678be3ebf..e20bd2de9444a994937e087e3275aea4a3a3c1cb 100644
--- a/lib/brakeman/checks/check_redirect.rb
+++ b/lib/brakeman/checks/check_redirect.rb
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class Brakeman::CheckRedirect < Brakeman::BaseCheck
     if node_type? exp, :or
       model_instance? exp.lhs or model_instance? exp.rhs
     elsif call? exp
-      if model_name? exp.target or friendly_model? exp.target and
+      if model_target? exp and
         (@model_find_calls.include? exp.method or exp.method.to_s.match(/^find_by_/))
         true
       else
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ class Brakeman::CheckRedirect < Brakeman::BaseCheck
     end
   end
 
+  def model_target? exp
+    return false unless call? exp
+    model_name? exp.target or
+    friendly_model? exp.target or
+    model_target? exp.target
+  end
+
   #Returns true if exp is (probably) a friendly model instance
   #using the FriendlyId gem
   def friendly_model? exp