diff --git a/java-checks-common/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/helpers/ExpressionsHelper.java b/java-checks-common/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/helpers/ExpressionsHelper.java
index e4cb27cfd1..3a8005001b 100644
--- a/java-checks-common/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/helpers/ExpressionsHelper.java
+++ b/java-checks-common/src/main/java/org/sonar/java/checks/helpers/ExpressionsHelper.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.ClassTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.ExpressionTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.IdentifierTree;
+import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.LiteralTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.MemberSelectExpressionTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.MethodInvocationTree;
 import org.sonar.plugins.java.api.tree.NewArrayTree;
@@ -80,6 +81,9 @@ public static String concatenate(@Nullable ExpressionTree tree) {
       IdentifierTree idt = (IdentifierTree) expr;
       pieces.push(idt.name());
     }
+    if (expr instanceof LiteralTree literal) {
+      pieces.push(literal.token().text());
+    }
 
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     for (String piece : pieces) {
diff --git a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/ReplaceLambdaByMethodRefCheckSample.java b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/ReplaceLambdaByMethodRefCheckSample.java
index 47c8451038..9d5f0d8ae6 100644
--- a/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/ReplaceLambdaByMethodRefCheckSample.java
+++ b/java-checks-test-sources/default/src/main/java/checks/ReplaceLambdaByMethodRefCheckSample.java
@@ -358,6 +358,11 @@ void quickFixes(List<String> strings) {
 //                ^^
     // fix@qf_cast2 {{Replace with "TestA[][].class::cast"}}
     // edit@qf_cast2 [[sc=10;ec=40]] {{TestA[][].class::cast}}
+
+    strings.stream().allMatch(it -> "x1".equals(it)); // Noncompliant {{Replace this lambda with method reference '"x1"::equals'.}} [[quickfixes=qf_str_lit]]
+//                               ^^
+    // fix@qf_str_lit {{Replace with ""x1"::equals"}}
+    // edit@qf_str_lit [[sc=31;ec=52]] {{"x1"::equals}}
   }
 
   int notStatic(int x) {