diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/ExternalAnnotationsManagerImpl.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/ExternalAnnotationsManagerImpl.java
index c215e56c6962..5b4cabb52ed7 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/ExternalAnnotationsManagerImpl.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/ExternalAnnotationsManagerImpl.java
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ public class ExternalAnnotationsManagerImpl extends BaseExternalAnnotationsManag
         final String externalName = getExternalName(listOwner, false);
         final String oldExternalName = getNormalizedExternalName(listOwner);
         for (final XmlTag tag : rootTag.getSubTags()) {
-          final String className = tag.getAttributeValue("name");
+          final String className = StringUtil.unescapeXml(tag.getAttributeValue("name"));
           if (!Comparing.strEqual(className, externalName) && !Comparing.strEqual(className, oldExternalName)) {
             continue;
           }