diff --git a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/util/RedundantCastUtil.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/util/RedundantCastUtil.java
similarity index 99%
rename from java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/util/RedundantCastUtil.java
rename to java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/util/RedundantCastUtil.java
index 00cd9c8efdc3..aa3cb09f4f93 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/util/RedundantCastUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/util/RedundantCastUtil.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// Copyright 2000-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.psi.util;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.AnnotationUtil;
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
 import com.intellij.util.ArrayUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.Function;
 import com.intellij.util.IncorrectOperationException;
+import com.siyeh.ig.psiutils.ExpectedTypeUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
@@ -767,8 +768,9 @@ public class RedundantCastUtil {
     if (castType instanceof PsiPrimitiveType) {
       if (opType instanceof PsiPrimitiveType) {
         PsiElement parent = PsiUtil.skipParenthesizedExprUp(typeCast.getParent());
-        if (parent instanceof PsiReturnStatement || parent instanceof PsiExpressionList || parent instanceof PsiVariable ||
-            parent instanceof PsiAssignmentExpression) {
+        if ((parent instanceof PsiReturnStatement || parent instanceof PsiExpressionList || parent instanceof PsiVariable ||
+            parent instanceof PsiAssignmentExpression) && 
+            castType.equals(ExpectedTypeUtils.findExpectedType(typeCast, false))) {
           return !TypeConversionUtil.isSafeConversion(castType, opType); // let's suppose that casts losing precision are important 
         } else {
           return !castType.equals(opType); // cast might be necessary (e.g. ((double)1)/5)
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/redundantCast/generics/PrimitiveWidening.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/redundantCast/generics/PrimitiveWidening.java
index 4b0f5802aa1d..9ca763ea3f8f 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/redundantCast/generics/PrimitiveWidening.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/redundantCast/generics/PrimitiveWidening.java
@@ -15,4 +15,7 @@ class A {
     widen((int)c);
   }
   
+  Object test(int x) {
+    return (long) x;
+  }
 }
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