diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/performance/TrivialStringConcatenationInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/performance/TrivialStringConcatenationInspection.java
index 43516f16abba..628503df238e 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/performance/TrivialStringConcatenationInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/performance/TrivialStringConcatenationInspection.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2003-2012 Dave Griffith, Bas Leijdekkers
+ * Copyright 2003-2013 Dave Griffith, Bas Leijdekkers
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ public class TrivialStringConcatenationInspection extends BaseInspection {
         replaced = true;
         continue;
       }
-      if (operand == expression) {
+      if (ParenthesesUtils.stripParentheses(operand) == expression) {
         seenEmpty = true;
         continue;
       }
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ public class TrivialStringConcatenationInspection extends BaseInspection {
     return text.toString();
   }
 
+  @NonNls
   static String buildReplacement(@NotNull PsiExpression operandToReplace, boolean seenString) {
     if (ExpressionUtils.isNullLiteral(operandToReplace)) {
       if (seenString) {
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/performance/trivial_string_concatenation/Parentheses2.after.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/performance/trivial_string_concatenation/Parentheses2.after.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..159a763849ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/performance/trivial_string_concatenation/Parentheses2.after.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.siyeh.igfixes.performance.trivial_string_concatenation;
+
+class Parentheses2 {
+  void m(String version) {
+    final String s = " (" + "Groovy " + (version) + ")";
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/performance/trivial_string_concatenation/Parentheses2.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/performance/trivial_string_concatenation/Parentheses2.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..344093c17cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/performance/trivial_string_concatenation/Parentheses2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package com.siyeh.igfixes.performance.trivial_string_concatenation;
+
+class Parentheses2 {
+  void m(String version) {
+    final String s = " (" + (""<caret>) + "Groovy " + (version) + ")";
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/fixes/performance/TrivialStringConcatenationFixTest.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/fixes/performance/TrivialStringConcatenationFixTest.java
index ac3c0a54007b..b99500e7eca1 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/fixes/performance/TrivialStringConcatenationFixTest.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/testsrc/com/siyeh/ig/fixes/performance/TrivialStringConcatenationFixTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ public class TrivialStringConcatenationFixTest extends IGQuickFixesTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testParentheses() { doTest("Replace concatenation with 'completedTiles + \" , \" + (totalTiles - completedTiles)'"); }
+  public void testParentheses2() { doTest("Replace concatenation with '\" (\" + \"Groovy \" + (version) + \")\"'"); }
   public void testBinaryNull() { doTest("Replace concatenation with 'String.valueOf((Object)null)'"); }
   public void testAtTheEnd() { doTest("Replace concatenation with '\"asdf\" + 1 + o'"); }
 }
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