diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightUtil.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightUtil.java
index 8c3e4c86d632..74c82585b0ef 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightUtil.java
@@ -2873,6 +2873,21 @@ public final class HighlightUtil {
       .navigationShift(navigationShift).create();
   }
 
+  public static HighlightInfo checkArrayType(PsiTypeElement type) {
+    int dimensions = 0;
+    for (PsiElement child = type.getFirstChild(); child != null; child = child.getNextSibling()) {
+      if (PsiUtil.isJavaToken(child, JavaTokenType.LBRACKET)) {
+        dimensions++;
+      }
+    }
+    if (dimensions > 255) {
+      // JVM Specification, 4.3.2: no more than 255 dimensions allowed
+      return HighlightInfo.newHighlightInfo(HighlightInfoType.ERROR).range(type.getTextRange())
+        .description(JavaErrorBundle.message("too.many.array.dimensions")).create();
+    }
+    return null;
+  }
+
   @FunctionalInterface
   interface IncompatibleTypesTooltipComposer {
     @NotNull @NlsContexts.Tooltip
diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightVisitorImpl.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightVisitorImpl.java
index 9b04c850dba7..1dabe8246812 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightVisitorImpl.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightVisitorImpl.java
@@ -1751,6 +1751,7 @@ public class HighlightVisitorImpl extends JavaElementVisitor implements Highligh
     if (!myHolder.hasErrorResults()) myHolder.add(HighlightUtil.checkVarTypeApplicability(type));
     if (!myHolder.hasErrorResults()) myHolder.add(GenericsHighlightUtil.checkReferenceTypeUsedAsTypeArgument(type, myLanguageLevel));
     if (!myHolder.hasErrorResults()) myHolder.add(GenericsHighlightUtil.checkWildcardUsage(type));
+    if (!myHolder.hasErrorResults()) myHolder.add(HighlightUtil.checkArrayType(type));
     if (!myHolder.hasErrorResults()) type.accept(myPreviewFeatureVisitor);
   }
 
diff --git a/java/java-psi-impl/src/messages/JavaErrorBundle.properties b/java/java-psi-impl/src/messages/JavaErrorBundle.properties
index 3095fc1459a3..8a16209c9603 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-impl/src/messages/JavaErrorBundle.properties
+++ b/java/java-psi-impl/src/messages/JavaErrorBundle.properties
@@ -541,4 +541,5 @@ text.class.is.not.accessible={0} is not accessible in current context
 text.class.cannot.access=Cannot access {0}
 auto.closeable.resource=auto-closeable resource
 annotation.type.permits=No permits clause allowed for annotation type
-safevararg.annotation.cannot.be.applied.for.record.component=@SafeVarargs annotation cannot be applied for a record component
\ No newline at end of file
+safevararg.annotation.cannot.be.applied.for.record.component=@SafeVarargs annotation cannot be applied for a record component
+too.many.array.dimensions=Too many array dimensions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting/TooManyArrayDimensions.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting/TooManyArrayDimensions.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..83e193c1c991
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting/TooManyArrayDimensions.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+class C {
+  void t() {
+    byte[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] b1;
+    <error descr="Too many array dimensions">byte[][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]</error> b2;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java
index 4f58a79bcdd6..478377a02bc8 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java
@@ -409,6 +409,8 @@ public class LightAdvHighlightingTest extends LightDaemonAnalyzerTestCase {
     doTest(false);
   }
 
+  public void testTooManyArrayDimensions() { doTest(false);}
+
   public void testInsane() {
     configureFromFileText("x.java", "class X { \nx_x_x_x\n }");
     List<HighlightInfo> infos = highlightErrors();