diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index 15cd730d67..8f5aeef8a5 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix analyzer [RCS1077](https://josefpihrt.github.io/docs/roslynator/analyzers/RCS1077) ([PR](https://github.com/dotnet/roslynator/pull/1428))
+
 ## [4.12.0] - 2024-03-19
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Analysis/OptimizeLinqMethodCallAnalysis.cs b/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Analysis/OptimizeLinqMethodCallAnalysis.cs
index 276a4c7355..5a2ca58ee9 100644
--- a/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Analysis/OptimizeLinqMethodCallAnalysis.cs
+++ b/src/Analyzers/CSharp/Analysis/OptimizeLinqMethodCallAnalysis.cs
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ public static void AnalyzeFirstOrDefault(SyntaxNodeAnalysisContext context, in S
                 {
                     ITypeSymbol typeSymbol = context.SemanticModel.GetTypeSymbol(invocationInfo.Expression, context.CancellationToken);
 
-                    if (typeSymbol?.OriginalDefinition.HasMetadataName(MetadataNames.System_Collections_Generic_List_T) == true)
+                    if (typeSymbol?.OriginalDefinition.EqualsOrInheritsFrom(MetadataNames.System_Collections_Generic_List_T) == true)
                     {
                         Report(context, invocationInfo.Name);
                         return;
diff --git a/src/Tests/Analyzers.Tests/RCS1077OptimizeLinqMethodCallTests.cs b/src/Tests/Analyzers.Tests/RCS1077OptimizeLinqMethodCallTests.cs
index 18b68d953c..398148e264 100644
--- a/src/Tests/Analyzers.Tests/RCS1077OptimizeLinqMethodCallTests.cs
+++ b/src/Tests/Analyzers.Tests/RCS1077OptimizeLinqMethodCallTests.cs
@@ -708,6 +708,38 @@ void M()
 ");
     }
 
+    [Fact, Trait(Traits.Analyzer, DiagnosticIdentifiers.OptimizeLinqMethodCall)]
+    public async Task Test_CallFindInsteadOfFirstOrDefault_DerivedFromList()
+    {
+        await VerifyDiagnosticAndFixAsync(@"
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+class C : List<object>
+{
+    void M()
+    {
+        var items = new C();
+
+        var x = items.[|FirstOrDefault|](_ => true);
+    }
+}
+", @"
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+
+class C : List<object>
+{
+    void M()
+    {
+        var items = new C();
+
+        var x = items.Find(_ => true);
+    }
+}
+");
+    }
+
     [Fact, Trait(Traits.Analyzer, DiagnosticIdentifiers.OptimizeLinqMethodCall)]
     public async Task Test_CallFindInsteadOfFirstOrDefault_Array()
     {