diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/InspectionGadgets.xml b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/InspectionGadgets.xml
index f6ad1b6c77cd..ee9598d76068 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/InspectionGadgets.xml
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/META-INF/InspectionGadgets.xml
@@ -726,7 +726,7 @@
                      groupKey="group.names.control.flow.issues" enabledByDefault="false" level="WARNING"
                      implementationClass="com.siyeh.ig.controlflow.PointlessIndexOfComparisonInspection"/>
     <localInspection groupPath="Java" language="JAVA" shortName="PointlessNullCheck" bundle="com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle" key="pointless.nullcheck.display.name"
-                     groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle" groupKey="group.names.control.flow.issues" enabledByDefault="false"
+                     groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle" groupKey="group.names.control.flow.issues" enabledByDefault="true"
                      level="WARNING" implementationClass="com.siyeh.ig.controlflow.PointlessNullCheckInspection"/>
     <localInspection groupPath="Java" language="JAVA" shortName="SimplifiableBooleanExpression" bundle="com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle"
                      key="simplifiable.boolean.expression.display.name" groupBundle="messages.InspectionsBundle"