diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/java/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/java/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java
index 02b3258e8933..fd6094c6572b 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/java/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/java/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java
@@ -1841,10 +1841,7 @@ public class ControlFlowAnalyzer extends JavaElementVisitor {
     if (val instanceof Integer) {
       int lengthValue = (Integer)val;
       if (lengthValue > 0 && lengthValue <= MAX_UNROLL_SIZE) {
-        DfaVariableValue var = getTargetVariable(arrayExpression);
-        if (var == null) {
-          var = createTempVariable(type);
-        }
+        DfaVariableValue var = createTempVariable(type);
         addInstruction(new PushInstruction(var, null, true));
         addInstruction(new SwapInstruction());
         addInstruction(new AssignInstruction(null, var));
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/InitArrayInConstructor.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/InitArrayInConstructor.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..24fc2c0ff2b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/InitArrayInConstructor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+public class InitArrayInConstructor {
+  double[] arr;
+  
+  InitArrayInConstructor() {
+    arr = new double[3];
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
index bacea9967df5..0da93e962496 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
@@ -698,4 +698,5 @@ public class DataFlowInspectionTest extends DataFlowInspectionTestCase {
   public void testBoxedDivisionComparison() { doTest(); }
   public void testUnknownComparedToNullable() { doTest(); }
   public void testCastInCatch() { doTest(); }
+  public void testInitArrayInConstructor() { doTest(); }
 }