diff --git a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/acceptance/api/QueryPendingChecksIT.java b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/acceptance/api/QueryPendingChecksIT.java
index c15b5d1..7783dbf 100644
--- a/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/acceptance/api/QueryPendingChecksIT.java
+++ b/javatests/com/google/gerrit/plugins/checks/acceptance/api/QueryPendingChecksIT.java
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void canSpecifyCheckersAsRootPredicate() throws Exception {
+  public void canSpecifyCheckerAsRootPredicate() throws Exception {
     CheckerUuid checkerUuid = checkerOperations.newChecker().repository(project).create();
     assertThat(queryPendingChecks(String.format("checker:\"%s\"", checkerUuid))).hasSize(1);
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void canSpecifyCheckersInAndCondition() throws Exception {
+  public void canSpecifyCheckerInAndCondition() throws Exception {
     CheckerUuid checkerUuid = checkerOperations.newChecker().repository(project).create();
     assertThat(
             queryPendingChecks(String.format("checker:\"%s\" AND state:NOT_STARTED", checkerUuid)))
@@ -125,6 +125,19 @@
   }
 
   @Test
+  public void cannotSpecifyCheckerInAndConditionIfNotImmediateChild() throws Exception {
+    CheckerUuid checkerUuid = checkerOperations.newChecker().repository(project).create();
+
+    String expectedMessage =
+        "query must be 'checker:<checker-uuid>' or 'checker:<checker-uuid> AND <other-operators>'";
+    assertInvalidQuery(
+        String.format("state:NOT_STARTED AND (checker:\"%s\" OR state:NOT_STARTED)", checkerUuid),
+        expectedMessage);
+    assertInvalidQuery(
+        String.format("state:NOT_STARTED AND NOT checker:\"%s\"", checkerUuid), expectedMessage);
+  }
+
+  @Test
   public void andConditionAtRootCanContainAnyCombinationOfOtherPredicates() throws Exception {
     CheckerUuid checkerUuid = checkerOperations.newChecker().repository(project).create();
 
@@ -146,7 +159,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void cannotSpecifyCheckersInOrCondition() throws Exception {
+  public void cannotSpecifyCheckerInOrCondition() throws Exception {
     CheckerUuid checkerUuid = checkerOperations.newChecker().repository(project).create();
 
     String expectedMessage =
@@ -158,7 +171,7 @@
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void cannotSpecifyCheckersInNotCondition() throws Exception {
+  public void cannotSpecifyCheckerInNotCondition() throws Exception {
     CheckerUuid checkerUuid = checkerOperations.newChecker().repository(project).create();
     assertInvalidQuery(
         String.format("NOT checker:\"%s\"", checkerUuid),