diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/miscGenerics/RedundantArrayForVarargsCallInspection.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/miscGenerics/RedundantArrayForVarargsCallInspection.java
index 5c39405821d9..13f09cb8edd9 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/miscGenerics/RedundantArrayForVarargsCallInspection.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/miscGenerics/RedundantArrayForVarargsCallInspection.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.intellij.codeInspection.*;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.TypeConversionUtil;
 import com.intellij.refactoring.util.InlineUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.IncorrectOperationException;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
@@ -108,8 +109,13 @@ public class RedundantArrayForVarargsCallInspection extends GenericsInspectionTo
         PsiParameter lastParameter = parameters[args.length - 1];
         PsiType lastParamType = lastParameter.getType();
         LOG.assertTrue(lastParamType instanceof PsiEllipsisType);
-        if (!(lastArg instanceof PsiNewExpression) ||
-            !substitutor.substitute(((PsiEllipsisType)lastParamType).toArrayType()).equals(lastArg.getType())) {
+        if (!(lastArg instanceof PsiNewExpression)) {
+          return;
+        }
+        final PsiType substitutedLastParamType = substitutor.substitute(((PsiEllipsisType)lastParamType).toArrayType());
+        final PsiType lastArgType = lastArg.getType();
+        if (lastArgType == null || !lastArgType.equals(substitutedLastParamType) && 
+                                   !lastArgType.equals(TypeConversionUtil.erasure(substitutedLastParamType))) {
           return;
         }
         PsiExpression[] initializers = getInitializers((PsiNewExpression)lastArg);
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/redundantArrayForVarargs/rawArray/expected.xml b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/redundantArrayForVarargs/rawArray/expected.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b78f14a5517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/redundantArrayForVarargs/rawArray/expected.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<problems>
+  <problem>
+    <file>Test.java</file>
+    <line>4</line>
+    <problem_class severity="WARNING" attribute_key="WARNING_ATTRIBUTES">Redundant array creation</problem_class>
+    <description>Redundant array creation for calling varargs method</description>
+  </problem>
+</problems>
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diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/redundantArrayForVarargs/rawArray/src/Test.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/redundantArrayForVarargs/rawArray/src/Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..68e9a3f198c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/redundantArrayForVarargs/rawArray/src/Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+public class Test {
+  {
+    try {
+      String.class.getConstructor(new Class[]{String.class});
+    } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
+      e.printStackTrace();
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/RedundantArrayForVarargsCallInspectionTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/RedundantArrayForVarargsCallInspectionTest.java
index aa4eef8703a4..2b961772e74a 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/RedundantArrayForVarargsCallInspectionTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/RedundantArrayForVarargsCallInspectionTest.java
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ public class RedundantArrayForVarargsCallInspectionTest extends InspectionTestCa
   public void testNestedArray() throws Exception { doTest(); }
   public void testCheckEnumConstant() throws Exception { doTest(); }
   public void testGeneric() throws Exception { doTest(); }
+  public void testRawArray() throws Exception { doTest(); }
 }