diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/localCanBeFinal/LocalCanBeFinal.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/localCanBeFinal/LocalCanBeFinal.java
index f4e0f25ac52f..0222be70ea43 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/localCanBeFinal/LocalCanBeFinal.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/localCanBeFinal/LocalCanBeFinal.java
@@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ public class LocalCanBeFinal extends BaseJavaBatchLocalInspectionTool {
   }
 
   private boolean shouldBeIgnored(PsiVariable psiVariable) {
-    if (psiVariable.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.FINAL)) return true;
+    PsiModifierList modifierList = psiVariable.getModifierList();
+    if (modifierList == null || modifierList.hasExplicitModifier(PsiModifier.FINAL)) return true;
     if (psiVariable instanceof PsiLocalVariable) {
       return !REPORT_VARIABLES;
     }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/localCanBeFinal/CatchParameter/src/CatchParameter.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/localCanBeFinal/CatchParameter/src/CatchParameter.java
index 06185510844b..fe96bd84ef54 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/localCanBeFinal/CatchParameter/src/CatchParameter.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/localCanBeFinal/CatchParameter/src/CatchParameter.java
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ import java.io.*;
 class CatchParameter {
 
   void m() {
-    try (InputStream in  = new FileInputStream("filename")) { // don't warn about 'in' because it is implicitly final
-    } catch (FileNotFoundException | RuntimeException e) { // don't warn about 'e' because it is implicitly final
+    try (final InputStream in  = new FileInputStream("filename")) {
+    } catch (final FileNotFoundException | RuntimeException e) {
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }