diff --git a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/util/PsiTypesUtil.java b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/util/PsiTypesUtil.java
index c7eed1812664..6bdb753c1bb9 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/util/PsiTypesUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/util/PsiTypesUtil.java
@@ -321,9 +321,17 @@ public class PsiTypesUtil {
   }
 
   /**
-   * @param context in which type should be checked
-   * @return false if type is null or has no explicit canonical type representation (e. g. intersection type)
+   *  Not compliant to specification, use {@link PsiTypesUtil#isDenotableType(PsiType, PsiElement)} instead
    */
+  @Deprecated
+  public static boolean isDenotableType(@Nullable PsiType type) {
+    return !(type instanceof PsiWildcardType || type instanceof PsiCapturedWildcardType);
+  }
+
+    /**
+     * @param context in which type should be checked
+     * @return false if type is null or has no explicit canonical type representation (e. g. intersection type)
+     */
   public static boolean isDenotableType(@Nullable PsiType type, @NotNull PsiElement context) {
     if (type == null) return false;
     PsiElementFactory elementFactory = JavaPsiFacade.getElementFactory(context.getProject());
diff --git a/plugins/stream-debugger/src/com/intellij/debugger/streams/psi/impl/LambdaToAnonymousTransformer.kt b/plugins/stream-debugger/src/com/intellij/debugger/streams/psi/impl/LambdaToAnonymousTransformer.kt
index 1a6ab6f450fc..c9d2b626b99a 100644
--- a/plugins/stream-debugger/src/com/intellij/debugger/streams/psi/impl/LambdaToAnonymousTransformer.kt
+++ b/plugins/stream-debugger/src/com/intellij/debugger/streams/psi/impl/LambdaToAnonymousTransformer.kt
@@ -161,9 +161,9 @@ object LambdaToAnonymousTransformer : PsiElementTransformer.Base() {
       val interfaceMethod = LambdaUtil.getFunctionalInterfaceMethod(functionalInterfaceType)
       if (interfaceMethod != null) {
         val substitutor = LambdaUtil.getSubstitutor(interfaceMethod, PsiUtil.resolveGenericsClassInType(functionalInterfaceType))
-        if (interfaceMethod.getSignature(substitutor).parameterTypes.any { !PsiTypesUtil.isDenotableType(it, lambdaExpression) }) return false
+        if (interfaceMethod.getSignature(substitutor).parameterTypes.any { !PsiTypesUtil.isDenotableType(it) }) return false
         val returnType = LambdaUtil.getFunctionalInterfaceReturnType(functionalInterfaceType)
-        return PsiTypesUtil.isDenotableType(returnType, lambdaExpression)
+        return PsiTypesUtil.isDenotableType(returnType)
       }
     }