diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/util/RefactoringUtil.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/util/RefactoringUtil.java
index e7499783944c..d734719ad376 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/util/RefactoringUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/util/RefactoringUtil.java
@@ -325,6 +325,7 @@ public class RefactoringUtil {
 
 
   public static boolean isExpressionAnchorElement(PsiElement element) {
+    if (element instanceof PsiDeclarationStatement && element.getParent() instanceof PsiForStatement) return false;
     return element instanceof PsiStatement || element instanceof PsiClassInitializer || element instanceof PsiField ||
            element instanceof PsiMethod;
   }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/FromForInitializer.after.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/FromForInitializer.after.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0a5fc11aaca6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/FromForInitializer.after.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class SomeClass {
+
+    static List foo(){return null;}
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        final List list = foo();
+        for (Iterator it = list.listIterator(list.size()); it.hasNext(); ) {
+
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/FromForInitializer.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/FromForInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1b5587cb1aae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/FromForInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import java.util.*;
+
+public class SomeClass {
+
+    static List foo(){return null;}
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        for (Iterator it = <selection>foo()</selection>.listIterator(foo().size()); it.hasNext(); ) {
+
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java
index d5b62cc792a5..40ea43b6d187 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java
@@ -273,6 +273,10 @@ public class IntroduceVariableTest extends LightCodeInsightTestCase {
   public void testCantCollapsedToDiamond() throws Exception {
     doTest(new MockIntroduceVariableHandler("a", true, true, true, "Foo<java.lang.Number>"));
   }
+
+  public void testFromForInitializer() throws Exception {
+    doTest(new MockIntroduceVariableHandler("list", true, true, true, "java.util.List"));
+  }
   
   public void testPolyadic() throws Exception {
     doTest(new MockIntroduceVariableHandler("b1", true, true, true, "boolean"));