diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/copy/CopyClassesHandler.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/copy/CopyClassesHandler.java
index 20f222c4e3a5..b4eea0e90ce1 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/copy/CopyClassesHandler.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/copy/CopyClassesHandler.java
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ public class CopyClassesHandler extends CopyHandlerDelegateBase {
             }
             continue;
           }
+          if (!(element instanceof PsiFileSystemItem)) return null;
         }
         fillResultsMap(result, containingFile, topLevelClasses);
         if (relativeMap != null) {