diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/java18api/Java8CollectionsApiInspection.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/java18api/Java8CollectionsApiInspection.java
index 471d2301e39a..5b286a1ea898 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/java18api/Java8CollectionsApiInspection.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/java18api/Java8CollectionsApiInspection.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import com.siyeh.ig.psiutils.ControlFlowUtils;
 import com.siyeh.ig.psiutils.EquivalenceChecker;
 import com.siyeh.ig.psiutils.ExpressionUtils;
+import com.siyeh.ig.psiutils.ParenthesesUtils;
 import one.util.streamex.StreamEx;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Contract;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
@@ -443,7 +444,8 @@ public class Java8CollectionsApiInspection extends BaseJavaBatchLocalInspectionT
         if(args.length == 2) {
           PsiExpression list = args[0];
           PsiExpression comparator = args[1];
-          String replacement = list.getText()+".sort("+comparator.getText()+")";
+          String replacement =
+            ParenthesesUtils.getText(list, ParenthesesUtils.METHOD_CALL_PRECEDENCE) + ".sort(" + comparator.getText() + ")";
           if (!FileModificationService.getInstance().preparePsiElementForWrite(element.getContainingFile())) return;
           methodCallExpression
             .replace(JavaPsiFacade.getElementFactory(project).createExpressionFromText(replacement, methodCallExpression));
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/java8CollectionsApi/afterSortExpression.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/java8CollectionsApi/afterSortExpression.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..38e486ee3d5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/java8CollectionsApi/afterSortExpression.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// "Replace with List.sort" "true"
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Main {
+  public static void doSort(List<String> list1, List<String> list2, boolean b) {
+    (b ? list1 : list2).sort(String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/java8CollectionsApi/beforeSortExpression.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/java8CollectionsApi/beforeSortExpression.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8d7339a70305
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/java8CollectionsApi/beforeSortExpression.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// "Replace with List.sort" "true"
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Main {
+  public static void doSort(List<String> list1, List<String> list2, boolean b) {
+    Collections.so<caret>rt(b ? list1 : list2, String.CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER);
+  }
+}
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