diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyReferenceExpressionImpl.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyReferenceExpressionImpl.java
index a4ba8f8ead5d..fd1126e64a2f 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyReferenceExpressionImpl.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyReferenceExpressionImpl.java
@@ -379,12 +379,11 @@ public class PyReferenceExpressionImpl extends PyElementImpl implements PyRefere
       if (file != null) {
         return getTypeFromTarget(file, context, anchor);
       }
-      if (context.maySwitchToAST(anchor) && PyUtil.isPackage(dir, anchor)) {
-        final PyImportElement importElement = PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(anchor, PyImportElement.class);
+      if (PyUtil.isPackage(dir, anchor)) {
         final PsiFile containingFile = anchor.getContainingFile();
-        if (importElement != null && containingFile instanceof PyFile) {
+        if (containingFile instanceof PyFile) {
           final QualifiedName qualifiedName = QualifiedName.fromComponents(dir.getName());
-          final PyImportedModule module = new PyImportedModule(importElement, (PyFile)containingFile, qualifiedName);
+          final PyImportedModule module = new PyImportedModule(null, (PyFile)containingFile, qualifiedName);
           return new PyImportedModuleType(module);
         }
       }
diff --git a/python/testData/completion/fromQualifiedNamespacePackageImport/a.after.py b/python/testData/completion/fromQualifiedNamespacePackageImport/a.after.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..08b9946188ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/completion/fromQualifiedNamespacePackageImport/a.after.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from nspkg1.foo import 
diff --git a/python/testData/completion/fromQualifiedNamespacePackageImport/a.py b/python/testData/completion/fromQualifiedNamespacePackageImport/a.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dc6e9e115236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/completion/fromQualifiedNamespacePackageImport/a.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from nspkg1.f<caret>
diff --git a/python/testData/completion/fromQualifiedNamespacePackageImport/nspkg1/bar.py b/python/testData/completion/fromQualifiedNamespacePackageImport/nspkg1/bar.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/python/testData/completion/fromQualifiedNamespacePackageImport/nspkg1/foo.py b/python/testData/completion/fromQualifiedNamespacePackageImport/nspkg1/foo.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/Py3CompletionTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/Py3CompletionTest.java
index 96ce44eeb467..9c87e473dd56 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/Py3CompletionTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/Py3CompletionTest.java
@@ -110,4 +110,9 @@ public class Py3CompletionTest extends PyTestCase {
   public void testImportQualifiedNamespacePackage() {
     doMultiFileTest();
   }
+
+  // PY-6477
+  public void testFromQualifiedNamespacePackageImport() {
+    doMultiFileTest();
+  }
 }