diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/canBeFinal/CanBeFinalAnnotator.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/canBeFinal/CanBeFinalAnnotator.java
index 07a0c0c0681a..113fd2ac4846 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/canBeFinal/CanBeFinalAnnotator.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/canBeFinal/CanBeFinalAnnotator.java
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ class CanBeFinalAnnotator extends RefGraphAnnotatorEx {
     if (refElement instanceof RefClass refClass) {
       if (refClass.isEntry()) {
         ((RefClassImpl)refClass).setFlag(false, CAN_BE_FINAL_MASK);
-        return;
       }
       for (RefClass baseClass : refClass.getBaseClasses()) {
         baseClass.initializeIfNeeded();
@@ -98,14 +97,7 @@ class CanBeFinalAnnotator extends RefGraphAnnotatorEx {
     if (refElement instanceof RefClass) {
       final PsiClass psiClass = ObjectUtils.tryCast(refElement.getPsiElement(), PsiClass.class);
       if (psiClass != null) {
-
-        if (refElement.isEntry()) {
-          ((RefClassImpl)refElement).setFlag(false, CAN_BE_FINAL_MASK);
-        }
-
-
         PsiField[] psiFields = psiClass.getFields();
-
         Set<PsiVariable> allFields = new HashSet<>();
         ContainerUtil.addAll(allFields, psiFields);
         List<PsiVariable> instanceInitializerInitializedFields = new ArrayList<>();
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/canBeFinal/Deprecated/expected.xml b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/canBeFinal/Deprecated/expected.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..580a889dbfd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/canBeFinal/Deprecated/expected.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<problems>
+</problems>
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/canBeFinal/Deprecated/src/Test.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/canBeFinal/Deprecated/src/Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cc30bf11dc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/canBeFinal/Deprecated/src/Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+@Deprecated
+public class A extends B {
+
+}
+class B {
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/CanBeFinalInspectionTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/CanBeFinalInspectionTest.java
index 1b76fd73ae7d..21ce8b089b88 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/CanBeFinalInspectionTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/CanBeFinalInspectionTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
-
+// Copyright 2000-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.java.codeInspection;
 
 import com.intellij.JavaTestUtil;
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ public class CanBeFinalInspectionTest extends JavaInspectionTestCase {
   }
 
   private void doTest(final CanBeFinalInspection tool) {
-    doTest("canBeFinal/" + getTestName(false), tool);
+    doTest("canBeFinal/" + getTestName(false), tool, false, true);
   }
 
   public void testsimpleClassInheritanceField() {
@@ -36,6 +35,10 @@ public class CanBeFinalInspectionTest extends JavaInspectionTestCase {
   public void testassignedFromLambda() {
     doTest();
   }
+  
+  public void testDeprecated() {
+    doTest();
+  }
 
   public void testassignedFromLambdaInClassInitializer() {
     doTest();