diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionSorting.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionSorting.java
index 539c6785d272..a814e7ebbde2 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionSorting.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionSorting.java
@@ -28,7 +28,10 @@ import gnu.trove.TObjectIntHashMap;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import static com.intellij.patterns.PsiJavaPatterns.psiElement;
 
@@ -71,10 +74,10 @@ public class JavaCompletionSorting {
     if (smart) {
       afterStats.add(new PreferDefaultTypeWeigher(expectedTypes, parameters, true));
     } else {
-      ContainerUtil.addIfNotNull(afterStats, preferStatics(position, expectedTypes));
       if (!afterNew) {
         afterStats.add(new PreferExpected(false, expectedTypes, position));
       }
+      ContainerUtil.addIfNotNull(afterStats, preferStatics(position, expectedTypes));
     }
 
     ContainerUtil.addIfNotNull(afterStats, recursion(parameters, expectedTypes));
@@ -188,7 +191,10 @@ public class JavaCompletionSorting {
     };
   }
 
-  private static ExpectedTypeMatching getExpectedTypeMatching(LookupElement item, ExpectedTypeInfo[] expectedInfos, @Nullable String expectedMemberName) {
+  private static ExpectedTypeMatching getExpectedTypeMatching(LookupElement item,
+                                                              ExpectedTypeInfo[] expectedInfos,
+                                                              @Nullable String expectedMemberName,
+                                                              @NotNull PsiElement position) {
     PsiType itemType = JavaCompletionUtil.getLookupElementType(item);
 
     if (itemType != null) {
@@ -216,7 +222,8 @@ public class JavaCompletionSorting {
     if (hasNonVoid(expectedInfos)) {
       if (item.getObject() instanceof PsiKeyword) {
         String keyword = ((PsiKeyword)item.getObject()).getText();
-        if (PsiKeyword.NEW.equals(keyword) || PsiKeyword.NULL.equals(keyword)) {
+        if (PsiKeyword.NEW.equals(keyword) && !(position.getParent() instanceof PsiMethodReferenceExpression) ||
+            PsiKeyword.NULL.equals(keyword)) {
           return ExpectedTypeMatching.maybeExpected;
         }
       }
@@ -527,6 +534,7 @@ public class JavaCompletionSorting {
   private static class PreferExpected extends LookupElementWeigher {
     private final boolean myConstructorPossible;
     private final ExpectedTypeInfo[] myExpectedTypes;
+    private final PsiElement myPosition;
     private final List<PsiType> myExpectedClasses = new SmartList<>();
     private final String myExpectedMemberName;
 
@@ -534,6 +542,7 @@ public class JavaCompletionSorting {
       super("expectedType");
       myConstructorPossible = constructorPossible;
       myExpectedTypes = expectedTypes;
+      myPosition = position;
       for (ExpectedTypeInfo info : expectedTypes) {
         ContainerUtil.addIfNotNull(myExpectedClasses, PsiUtil.substituteTypeParameter(info.getDefaultType(), CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_CLASS, 0, false));
       }
@@ -570,7 +579,7 @@ public class JavaCompletionSorting {
         }
       }
 
-      return getExpectedTypeMatching(item, myExpectedTypes, myExpectedMemberName);
+      return getExpectedTypeMatching(item, myExpectedTypes, myExpectedMemberName, myPosition);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/normalSorting/PreferClassLiteralWhenClassIsExpected.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/normalSorting/PreferClassLiteralWhenClassIsExpected.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..72c6a52b5bf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/normalSorting/PreferClassLiteralWhenClassIsExpected.java
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class C {
+    Class<?> c = String.<caret>
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/NormalCompletionOrderingTest.groovy b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/NormalCompletionOrderingTest.groovy
index 9ad6e72a8ba9..6c3cddc3dfc2 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/NormalCompletionOrderingTest.groovy
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/NormalCompletionOrderingTest.groovy
@@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ class NormalCompletionOrderingTest extends CompletionSortingTestCase {
     checkPreferredItems(0, "booleanMethod", "voidMethod", "AN_OBJECT", "BOOLEAN", "class")
   }
 
+  void testPreferClassLiteralWhenClassIsExpected() {
+    checkPreferredItems(0, "class")
+  }
+
   void testJComponentInstanceMembers() throws Throwable {
     checkPreferredItems(0, "getAccessibleContext", "getUI", "getUIClassID")
   }