diff --git a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/assignment/WrapperForCollectionsAndMaps.java b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/assignment/WrapperForCollectionsAndMaps.java
index 512012bba..f286a45f0 100644
--- a/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/assignment/WrapperForCollectionsAndMaps.java
+++ b/processor/src/main/java/org/mapstruct/ap/internal/model/assignment/WrapperForCollectionsAndMaps.java
@@ -72,8 +72,7 @@ public class WrapperForCollectionsAndMaps extends AssignmentWrapper {
     public Set<Type> getImportTypes() {
         Set<Type> imported = new HashSet<Type>();
         imported.addAll( super.getImportTypes() );
-        imported.add( nullCheckLocalVarType );
-        imported.addAll( nullCheckLocalVarType.getTypeParameters() );
+        imported.addAll( nullCheckLocalVarType.getImportTypes() );
         return imported;
     }
 
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/GenericHolder.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/GenericHolder.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d5dd28d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/GenericHolder.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.bugs._1164;
+
+/**
+ * @author Filip Hrisafov
+ */
+class GenericHolder<T> {
+
+    private T value;
+
+    public T getValue() {
+        return value;
+    }
+
+    public void setValue(T value) {
+        this.value = value;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/Issue1164Test.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/Issue1164Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd2990b1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/Issue1164Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.bugs._1164;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.IssueKey;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.WithClasses;
+import org.mapstruct.ap.testutil.runner.AnnotationProcessorTestRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Filip Hrisafov
+ */
+@WithClasses( {
+    Source.class,
+    Target.class,
+    GenericHolder.class,
+    SourceTargetMapper.class
+} )
+@RunWith(AnnotationProcessorTestRunner.class)
+@IssueKey( "1164" )
+public class Issue1164Test {
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldCompile() {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/Source.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/Source.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e59304c77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/Source.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.bugs._1164;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * @author Filip Hrisafov
+ */
+class Source {
+
+    public static class SourceNested {
+    }
+
+    private List<List<SourceNested>> nestedLists;
+    private Map<Integer, List<SourceNested>> nestedMaps;
+    private GenericHolder<List<SourceNested>> genericHolder;
+
+    public List<List<SourceNested>> getNestedLists() {
+        return nestedLists;
+    }
+
+    public void setNestedLists(List<List<SourceNested>> nestedLists) {
+        this.nestedLists = nestedLists;
+    }
+
+    public Map<Integer, List<SourceNested>> getNestedMaps() {
+        return nestedMaps;
+    }
+
+    public void setNestedMaps(Map<Integer, List<SourceNested>> nestedMaps) {
+        this.nestedMaps = nestedMaps;
+    }
+
+    public GenericHolder<List<SourceNested>> getGenericHolder() {
+        return genericHolder;
+    }
+
+    public void setGenericHolder(GenericHolder<List<SourceNested>> genericHolder) {
+        this.genericHolder = genericHolder;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/SourceTargetMapper.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/SourceTargetMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9761dfa01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/SourceTargetMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.bugs._1164;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.mapstruct.Mapper;
+
+/**
+ * @author Filip Hrisafov
+ */
+@Mapper
+public abstract class SourceTargetMapper {
+
+    public abstract Target map(Source source);
+
+    protected List<List<Target.TargetNested>> mapLists(List<List<Source.SourceNested>> lists) {
+        return new ArrayList<List<Target.TargetNested>>();
+    }
+
+    protected Map<String, List<Target.MapNested>> map(Map<Integer, List<Source.SourceNested>> map) {
+        return new HashMap<String, List<Target.MapNested>>();
+    }
+
+    protected GenericHolder<List<Target.GenericNested>> map(GenericHolder<List<Source.SourceNested>> genericHolder) {
+        return new GenericHolder<List<Target.GenericNested>>();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/Target.java b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/Target.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c80a8ecc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/processor/src/test/java/org/mapstruct/ap/test/bugs/_1164/Target.java
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+/**
+ *  Copyright 2012-2017 Gunnar Morling (http://www.gunnarmorling.de/)
+ *  and/or other contributors as indicated by the @authors tag. See the
+ *  copyright.txt file in the distribution for a full listing of all
+ *  contributors.
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mapstruct.ap.test.bugs._1164;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+/**
+ * @author Filip Hrisafov
+ */
+class Target {
+
+    public static class TargetNested {
+    }
+
+    public static class MapNested {
+    }
+
+    public static class GenericNested {
+    }
+
+    private List<List<TargetNested>> nestedLists;
+    private Map<String, List<MapNested>> nestedMaps;
+    private GenericHolder<List<GenericNested>> genericHolder;
+
+    public List<List<TargetNested>> getNestedLists() {
+        return nestedLists;
+    }
+
+    public void setNestedLists(List<List<TargetNested>> nestedLists) {
+        this.nestedLists = nestedLists;
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, List<MapNested>> getNestedMaps() {
+        return nestedMaps;
+    }
+
+    public void setNestedMaps(Map<String, List<MapNested>> nestedMaps) {
+        this.nestedMaps = nestedMaps;
+    }
+
+    public GenericHolder<List<GenericNested>> getGenericHolder() {
+        return genericHolder;
+    }
+
+    public void setGenericHolder(GenericHolder<List<GenericNested>> genericHolder) {
+        this.genericHolder = genericHolder;
+    }
+}