diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenPropertyPsiReferenceProvider.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenPropertyPsiReferenceProvider.java
index f839a4392b6c..3c2e7e1dc026 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenPropertyPsiReferenceProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/dom/references/MavenPropertyPsiReferenceProvider.java
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class MavenPropertyPsiReferenceProvider extends PsiReferenceProvider {
         ref = new MavenPropertyPsiReference(mavenProject, element, propertyName, range, isSoft);
       }
       else {
-        ref = new MavenContextlessPropertyReference(propertiesTag, element, range, isSoft);
+        ref = new MavenContextlessPropertyReference(propertiesTag, element, range, true);
       }
 
       result.add(ref);