diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/memberPullUp/JavaPullUpHelper.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/memberPullUp/JavaPullUpHelper.java
index d4a2e3bcdd5b..187b0814ac60 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/memberPullUp/JavaPullUpHelper.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/memberPullUp/JavaPullUpHelper.java
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ public class JavaPullUpHelper implements PullUpHelper<MemberInfo> {
     RefactoringUtil.replaceMovedMemberTypeParameters(methodCopy, PsiUtil.typeParametersIterable(mySourceClass), substitutor, elementFactory);
 
     Language language = myTargetSuperClass.getLanguage();
-    final PsiMethod superClassMethod = myTargetSuperClass.findMethodBySignature(methodCopy, false);
+    final PsiMethod superClassMethod = MethodSignatureUtil.findMethodBySuperSignature(myTargetSuperClass, method.getSignature(substitutor), false);
     if (superClassMethod != null && superClassMethod.findDeepestSuperMethods().length == 0 ||
         method.findSuperMethods(myTargetSuperClass).length == 0) {
       deleteOverrideAnnotationIfFound(methodCopy);
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/pullUp/SubstituteOverrideToMerge_after.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/pullUp/SubstituteOverrideToMerge_after.java
index 08a2b05e7a3b..e3e051fe3262 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/pullUp/SubstituteOverrideToMerge_after.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/pullUp/SubstituteOverrideToMerge_after.java
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 abstract class C<T> {
-    abstract void foo(T t);
-
-    @Override
     void foo(T t) {
 
     }