diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/JavaMoveClassesOrPackagesHandler.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/JavaMoveClassesOrPackagesHandler.java
index 17fa05b478c9..94834f031bbb 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/JavaMoveClassesOrPackagesHandler.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/JavaMoveClassesOrPackagesHandler.java
@@ -45,13 +45,13 @@ import com.intellij.refactoring.util.CommonRefactoringUtil;
 import com.intellij.refactoring.util.RadioUpDownListener;
 import com.intellij.refactoring.util.RefactoringUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.IncorrectOperationException;
-import java.util.HashSet;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 
 public class JavaMoveClassesOrPackagesHandler extends MoveHandlerDelegate {
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance(JavaMoveClassesOrPackagesHandler.class);
@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ public class JavaMoveClassesOrPackagesHandler extends MoveHandlerDelegate {
                                                                         boolean searchInComments,
                                                                         boolean searchForTextOccurences) {
             final MoveDestination destination = createDestination(aPackage, targetDirectory);
+            if (destination == null) return null;
             try {
               for (PsiDirectory dir: directories) {
                 MoveFilesOrDirectoriesUtil.checkIfMoveIntoSelf(dir, WriteAction.compute(() -> destination.getTargetDirectory(dir)));
diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/MoveClassesOrPackagesToNewDirectoryDialog.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/MoveClassesOrPackagesToNewDirectoryDialog.java
index 8df6f855b6ea..293b7e1fbaa6 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/MoveClassesOrPackagesToNewDirectoryDialog.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/MoveClassesOrPackagesToNewDirectoryDialog.java
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ public class MoveClassesOrPackagesToNewDirectoryDialog extends MoveDialogBase {
                                                                 boolean searchInComments,
                                                                 boolean searchForTextOccurences) {
     final MoveDestination destination = createDestination(aPackage, directory);
+    if (destination == null) return null;
 
     MoveClassesOrPackagesProcessor processor = createMoveClassesOrPackagesProcessor(myDirectory.getProject(), myElementsToMove, destination,
         searchInComments, searchForTextOccurences, myMoveCallback);
@@ -227,6 +228,7 @@ public class MoveClassesOrPackagesToNewDirectoryDialog extends MoveDialogBase {
     return null;
   }
 
+  @Nullable
   protected MoveDestination createDestination(PsiPackage aPackage, PsiDirectory directory) {
     final Project project = aPackage.getProject();
     final VirtualFile sourceRoot = ProjectRootManager.getInstance(project).getFileIndex().getSourceRootForFile(directory.getVirtualFile());