diff --git a/coder_sniffer/Drupal/Sniffs/Classes/ClassCreateInstanceSniff.php b/coder_sniffer/Drupal/Sniffs/Classes/ClassCreateInstanceSniff.php
index 281a43eb50208e10ef63f94559a234fedf4ca3cf..bfc38d0a3dffcee901f7a3bd90d3e4ee92bb6679 100644
--- a/coder_sniffer/Drupal/Sniffs/Classes/ClassCreateInstanceSniff.php
+++ b/coder_sniffer/Drupal/Sniffs/Classes/ClassCreateInstanceSniff.php
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ class Drupal_Sniffs_Classes_ClassCreateInstanceSniff implements PHP_CodeSniffer_
         // next semicolon.
         $nextParenthesis = $phpcsFile->findNext(T_OPEN_PARENTHESIS, $stackPtr, null, false, null, true);
         // If there is a parenthesis owner then this is not a constructor call,
-        // but rather some array or somehting else.
-        if ($nextParenthesis === false || isset($tokens[$nextParenthesis]['parenthesis_owner']) === true) {
+        // but rather some array or somehting else. There seems to be a bug in PHPCS
+        // that finds PHP 7 array return type hints as parenthesis owner, exclude
+        // that.
+        if ($nextParenthesis === false || (isset($tokens[$nextParenthesis]['parenthesis_owner']) === true
+            && $tokens[$tokens[$nextParenthesis]['parenthesis_owner']]['code'] !== T_RETURN_TYPE)
+        ) {
             $error       = 'Calling class constructors must always include parentheses';
             $constructor = $phpcsFile->findNext(PHP_CodeSniffer_Tokens::$emptyTokens, ($stackPtr + 1), null, true, null, true);
             // We can invoke the fixer if we know this is a static constructor
diff --git a/coder_sniffer/Drupal/Test/good/good.php b/coder_sniffer/Drupal/Test/good/good.php
index 12507ba26fac3c9d611ef2c185c401677d8744c4..d49a4267e6534e6bc3d615edbefb32f32b76979e 100644
--- a/coder_sniffer/Drupal/Test/good/good.php
+++ b/coder_sniffer/Drupal/Test/good/good.php
@@ -1547,3 +1547,24 @@ function test22(MyInterface $a) {
 function test23(): TestReturnType {
   return foo();
 }
+
+/**
+ * Test class.
+ */
+class Test2 {
+
+  /**
+   * Using PHP 7 return type hints is fine.
+   *
+   * @return ValidatorInterface[]
+   *   The validators.
+   */
+  public function getValidators(): array {
+    return [
+      new PublishedNodesValidator(),
+      new MinimumNodesValidator($this->nrOfArticles),
+      new AccessibleOnCurrentDomainValidator($this->sectionService),
+    ];
+  }
+
+}