diff --git a/java/java.editor.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/editor/base/semantic/UnusedDetector.java b/java/java.editor.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/editor/base/semantic/UnusedDetector.java
index 353ad3e69988..9edef9dabc16 100644
--- a/java/java.editor.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/editor/base/semantic/UnusedDetector.java
+++ b/java/java.editor.base/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/editor/base/semantic/UnusedDetector.java
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ public boolean isDependencies() {
                 typeElement = info.getElementUtilities().enclosingTypeElement(el);
                 searchKinds = EnumSet.of(ClassIndex.SearchKind.METHOD_REFERENCES);
             }
-            case ANNOTATION_TYPE, CLASS, ENUM, INTERFACE -> {
+            case ANNOTATION_TYPE, CLASS, ENUM, RECORD, INTERFACE -> {
                 List<? extends TypeElement> topLevelElements = info.getTopLevelElements();
                 if (topLevelElements.size() == 1 && topLevelElements.get(0) == el) {
                     return false;
diff --git a/java/java.hints/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/hints/bugs/UnusedTest.java b/java/java.hints/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/hints/bugs/UnusedTest.java
index e924a4183b19..9e5daf4b21c4 100644
--- a/java/java.hints/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/hints/bugs/UnusedTest.java
+++ b/java/java.hints/test/unit/src/org/netbeans/modules/java/hints/bugs/UnusedTest.java
@@ -85,4 +85,54 @@ public void testUnusedNoPackagePrivate() throws Exception {
                 .run(Unused.class)
                 .assertWarnings();
     }
+
+    public void testNoFixForTopLevelPackagePrivateClass() throws Exception {
+        HintTest.create()
+                .input(
+                    """
+                    package test;
+                    class Test {
+                    }
+                    """)
+                .run(Unused.class)
+                .assertWarnings();
+    }
+
+    public void testNoFixForTopLevelPackagePrivateEnum() throws Exception {
+        HintTest.create()
+                .input(
+                    """
+                    package test;
+                    enum Test {
+                    }
+                    """)
+                .run(Unused.class)
+                .assertWarnings();
+    }
+
+    public void testNoFixForTopLevelPackagePrivateInterface() throws Exception {
+        HintTest.create()
+                .input(
+                    """
+                    package test;
+                    interface Test {
+                    }
+                    """)
+                .run(Unused.class)
+                .assertWarnings();
+    }
+
+    public void testNoFixForTopLevelPackagePrivateRecord() throws Exception {
+        HintTest.create()
+                .sourceLevel(17)
+                .input(
+                    """
+                    package test;
+                    record Test() {
+                    }
+                    """)
+                .run(Unused.class)
+                .assertWarnings();
+    }
+
 }