diff --git a/infer/src/IR/JavaClassName.ml b/infer/src/IR/JavaClassName.ml
index 088c7100e..84824cab8 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/JavaClassName.ml
+++ b/infer/src/IR/JavaClassName.ml
@@ -40,6 +40,20 @@ let package {package} = package
 
 let classname {classname} = classname
 
+let is_anonymous_inner_class_name {classname} =
+  match String.rsplit2 classname ~on:'$' with
+  | Some (_, s) ->
+      let is_int =
+        try
+          ignore (int_of_string (String.strip s)) ;
+          true
+        with Failure _ -> false
+      in
+      is_int
+  | None ->
+      false
+
+
 let is_external_via_config t =
   let package = package t in
   Option.exists ~f:Config.java_package_is_external package
diff --git a/infer/src/IR/JavaClassName.mli b/infer/src/IR/JavaClassName.mli
index a096c948a..0d42a35e4 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/JavaClassName.mli
+++ b/infer/src/IR/JavaClassName.mli
@@ -24,3 +24,7 @@ val classname : t -> string
 
 val is_external_via_config : t -> bool
 (** Considered external based on config flags. *)
+
+val is_anonymous_inner_class_name : t -> bool
+(** True if it is anonymous Java class:
+    https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/anonymousclasses.html *)
diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Procname.ml b/infer/src/IR/Procname.ml
index e450103c6..9928cedce 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Procname.ml
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Procname.ml
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ module Java = struct
 
   let is_constructor {method_name} = String.equal method_name constructor_method_name
 
-  let is_anonymous_inner_class_constructor {class_name} =
-    Typ.Name.Java.is_anonymous_inner_class_name class_name
+  let is_anonymous_inner_class_constructor_exn {class_name} =
+    Typ.Name.Java.is_anonymous_inner_class_name_exn class_name
 
 
   let is_static {kind} = match kind with Static -> true | _ -> false
diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Procname.mli b/infer/src/IR/Procname.mli
index fdbfa7c2c..35ddb31a1 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Procname.mli
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Procname.mli
@@ -69,8 +69,9 @@ module Java : sig
   val is_autogen_method : t -> bool
   (** Check if the procedure name is of an auto-generated method containing '$'. *)
 
-  val is_anonymous_inner_class_constructor : t -> bool
-  (** Check if the procedure name is an anonymous inner class constructor. *)
+  val is_anonymous_inner_class_constructor_exn : t -> bool
+  (** Check if the procedure name is an anonymous inner class constructor. Throws if it is not a
+      Java type *)
 
   val is_close : t -> bool
   (** Check if the method name is "close". *)
diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Typ.ml b/infer/src/IR/Typ.ml
index 4d520e17b..894430b92 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Typ.ml
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Typ.ml
@@ -475,20 +475,9 @@ module Name = struct
           L.die InternalError "Tried to split a non-java class name into a java split type@."
 
 
-    let is_anonymous_inner_class_name class_name =
+    let is_anonymous_inner_class_name_exn class_name =
       let java_class_name = get_java_class_name_exn class_name in
-      let class_name_no_package = JavaClassName.classname java_class_name in
-      match String.rsplit2 class_name_no_package ~on:'$' with
-      | Some (_, s) ->
-          let is_int =
-            try
-              ignore (int_of_string (String.strip s)) ;
-              true
-            with Failure _ -> false
-          in
-          is_int
-      | None ->
-          false
+      JavaClassName.is_anonymous_inner_class_name java_class_name
 
 
     let is_external t =
diff --git a/infer/src/IR/Typ.mli b/infer/src/IR/Typ.mli
index 3a0eb4786..1415663f9 100644
--- a/infer/src/IR/Typ.mli
+++ b/infer/src/IR/Typ.mli
@@ -230,7 +230,8 @@ module Name : sig
     val is_external : t -> bool
     (** return true if the typename is in the .inferconfig list of external classes *)
 
-    val is_anonymous_inner_class_name : t -> bool
+    val is_anonymous_inner_class_name_exn : t -> bool
+    (** Throws if it is not a Java class *)
 
     val java_lang_object : t
 
diff --git a/infer/src/nullsafe/typeCheck.ml b/infer/src/nullsafe/typeCheck.ml
index 7f2b6a06a..048967bd0 100644
--- a/infer/src/nullsafe/typeCheck.ml
+++ b/infer/src/nullsafe/typeCheck.ml
@@ -1074,7 +1074,7 @@ let typecheck_sil_call_function find_canonical_duplicate checks tenv instr_ref t
     drop_unchecked_signature_params callee_attributes callee_annotated_signature
   in
   let is_anonymous_inner_class_constructor =
-    Procname.Java.is_anonymous_inner_class_constructor callee_pname_java
+    Procname.Java.is_anonymous_inner_class_constructor_exn callee_pname_java
   in
   let do_return (ret_ta, ret_typ) typestate' =
     let mk_return_range () = (ret_typ, ret_ta) in