diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/numeric/PointlessArithmeticExpressionInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/numeric/PointlessArithmeticExpressionInspection.java
index b1ad2ddde4a6..97ac5ec981aa 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/numeric/PointlessArithmeticExpressionInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/numeric/PointlessArithmeticExpressionInspection.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import javax.swing.*;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
@@ -230,7 +231,8 @@ public class PointlessArithmeticExpressionInspection extends BaseInspection {
                isOne(expressions[1]);
       }
       if (type.equals(JavaTokenType.ASTERISK)) {
-        return isOne(expressions[0]) || isOne(expressions[1]);
+        return (isOne(expressions[0]) || isOne(expressions[1])) && 
+               Objects.requireNonNull(expressions[0].getType()).equals(expressions[1].getType());
       }
       return false;
     }
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/numeric/pointless_arithmetic_expression/PointlessArithmeticExpression.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/numeric/pointless_arithmetic_expression/PointlessArithmeticExpression.java
index 3ac31b4853be..90b9fd4ef18b 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/numeric/pointless_arithmetic_expression/PointlessArithmeticExpression.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/numeric/pointless_arithmetic_expression/PointlessArithmeticExpression.java
@@ -173,4 +173,8 @@ class FloatingPoint {
     float res7 = x * 0.0f;
     float res8 = 0.0f / x;
   }
+  
+  void multiplyToCast(int x, int y) {
+    double xyz = (1.0 * x) / y;
+  }
 }
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