diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifierTest.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifierTest.java
index 9699da8e533..07a096ada9c 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifierTest.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui.tests/ui/org/eclipse/cdt/ui/tests/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifierTest.java
@@ -388,6 +388,17 @@ public class BindingClassifierTest extends OneSourceMultipleHeadersTestCase {
 		assertDeclared("A");
 	}
 
+	//	class A {};
+	//	class B : public A {};
+
+	//	void test(B* b) {
+	//	  const A* a = b;
+	//	}
+	public void testBaseClass() throws Exception {
+		assertDefined("B");
+		assertDeclared();
+	}
+
 	//	struct A {};
 	//	template<typename T> struct B {};
 	//	template<typename T, typename U = B<T>> struct C {};
diff --git a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifier.java b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifier.java
index 24beaa3353e..ba6a8d56149 100644
--- a/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifier.java
+++ b/core/org.eclipse.cdt.ui/src/org/eclipse/cdt/internal/ui/refactoring/includes/BindingClassifier.java
@@ -520,6 +520,8 @@ public class BindingClassifier {
 			ICPPClassType[] bases = ClassTypeHelper.getAllBases((ICPPClassType) binding, fAst);
 			for (ICPPClassType base : bases) {
 				fProcessedDefinedBindings.add(base);
+				fBindingsToDefine.remove(base);
+				fBindingsToDeclare.remove(base);
 			}
 		}