diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/javadoc/HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTagInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/javadoc/HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTagInspection.java
index 1cbc309f4d1e..cf19d3368522 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/javadoc/HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTagInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/javadoc/HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTagInspection.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.PsiDocumentManager;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.javadoc.PsiDocToken;
+import com.intellij.psi.javadoc.PsiInlineDocTag;
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtil;
@@ -164,6 +165,9 @@ public class HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTagInspection extends BaseInspection {
         }
         offset = 0;
         element = element.getNextSibling();
+        if (element instanceof PsiInlineDocTag) {
+          return false;
+        }
       }
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/javadoc/html_tag_can_be_javadoc_tag/HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTag.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/javadoc/html_tag_can_be_javadoc_tag/HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTag.java
index d60f481407fa..df792392a9e7 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/javadoc/html_tag_can_be_javadoc_tag/HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTag.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/javadoc/html_tag_can_be_javadoc_tag/HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTag.java
@@ -20,4 +20,16 @@ class HtmlTagCanBeJavadocTag {
    * <code>if (foo) {<br>  System.out.println();<br>}</code>
    */
   void extremeFormatting() {}
+
+  /**
+   * Demo value.
+   */
+  public int x;
+
+  /**
+   * Another demo value.
+   *
+   * <code>x2 = {@link #x x} * 2</code>
+   */
+  public int x2 = x*2;
 }
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