diff --git a/codeInsight/impl/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaChainLookupElement.java b/codeInsight/impl/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaChainLookupElement.java
index 56dc3e932688..44821814d44c 100644
--- a/codeInsight/impl/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaChainLookupElement.java
+++ b/codeInsight/impl/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaChainLookupElement.java
@@ -151,7 +151,11 @@ public class JavaChainLookupElement extends LookupElementDecorator<LookupElement
   }
 
   public PsiType getType() {
-    return JavaCompletionUtil.getQualifiedMemberReferenceType(JavaCompletionUtil.getLookupElementType(myQualifier), (PsiMember)getObject());
+    final Object object = getObject();
+    if (object instanceof PsiMember) {
+      return JavaCompletionUtil.getQualifiedMemberReferenceType(JavaCompletionUtil.getLookupElementType(myQualifier), (PsiMember)object);
+    }
+    return ((PsiVariable) object).getType();
   }
 
 }