diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/AnnotationsHighlightUtil.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/AnnotationsHighlightUtil.java
index 43bb4cfd7586..d02568215059 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/AnnotationsHighlightUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/AnnotationsHighlightUtil.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.PsiImplUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiClassReferenceType;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiImmediateClassType;
+import com.intellij.psi.infos.CandidateInfo;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.ClassUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtil;
@@ -57,10 +58,14 @@ public class AnnotationsHighlightUtil {
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance("com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.analysis.AnnotationsHighlightUtil");
 
   @Nullable
-  static HighlightInfo checkNameValuePair(@NotNull PsiNameValuePair pair) {
+  static HighlightInfo checkNameValuePair(@NotNull PsiNameValuePair pair,
+                                          RefCountHolder refCountHolder) {
     PsiReference ref = pair.getReference();
     if (ref == null) return null;
     PsiMethod method = (PsiMethod)ref.resolve();
+    if (refCountHolder != null) {
+      refCountHolder.registerReference(ref, method != null ? new CandidateInfo(method, PsiSubstitutor.EMPTY) : JavaResolveResult.EMPTY);
+    }
     if (method == null) {
       if (pair.getName() != null) {
         final String description = JavaErrorMessages.message("annotation.unknown.method", ref.getCanonicalText());
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 03d80a2b7643..de65d25eceb3 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
@@ -978,7 +978,7 @@ public class HighlightVisitorImpl extends JavaElementVisitor implements Highligh
 
   @Override
   public void visitNameValuePair(PsiNameValuePair pair) {
-    myHolder.add(AnnotationsHighlightUtil.checkNameValuePair(pair));
+    myHolder.add(AnnotationsHighlightUtil.checkNameValuePair(pair, myRefCountHolder));
     if (!myHolder.hasErrorResults()) {
       PsiIdentifier nameId = pair.getNameIdentifier();
       if (nameId != null) {
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting/MarkUsedDefaultAnnotationMethodUnusedInspection.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting/MarkUsedDefaultAnnotationMethodUnusedInspection.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ae62c22b791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting/MarkUsedDefaultAnnotationMethodUnusedInspection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+@Annotation("")
+class <warning descr="Class 'Bar' is never used">Bar</warning> { }
+@interface Annotation {
+    String value();
+    int <warning descr="Method 'ints()' is never used">ints</warning>() default 0;
+}
\ 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 71f7641abd16..e1d36256c71a 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
@@ -461,6 +461,11 @@ public class LightAdvHighlightingTest extends LightDaemonAnalyzerTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testIllegalWhitespaces() { doTest(false); }
+  
+  public void testMarkUsedDefaultAnnotationMethodUnusedInspection() {
+    setLanguageLevel(LanguageLevel.JDK_1_5);
+    doTest(true);
+  }
 
   // must stay public for PicoContainer to work
   public static class MyAnnotator implements Annotator {