diff --git a/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/typing/ListLiteralType.kt b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/typing/ListLiteralType.kt
index 4524b17dbc88..b5435feb0c9a 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/typing/ListLiteralType.kt
+++ b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/typing/ListLiteralType.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// 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.
+// Copyright 2000-2020 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 org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.typing
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.RecursionManager
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ open class ListLiteralType(val expressions: List<GrExpression>, private val cont
 
   override fun isValid(): Boolean = context.isValid
 
-  override fun inferComponents(): List<PsiType?> {
-    return expressions.flatMap {
-      doGetComponentTypes(it) ?: return emptyList()
+  override fun inferComponents(): List<PsiType?> = myComponentTypes
+
+  private val myComponentTypes: List<PsiType?> = run {
+    expressions.flatMap {
+      doGetComponentTypes(it) ?: return@run emptyList()
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/resolve/TypeInferenceTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/resolve/TypeInferenceTest.groovy
index 9bab7705117d..adfa6e66a93c 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/resolve/TypeInferenceTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/lang/resolve/TypeInferenceTest.groovy
@@ -994,7 +994,7 @@ def foo() {
 
   void 'test recursive literal types'() {
     RecursionManager.disableMissedCacheAssertions(testRootDisposable)
-    doExprTest 'def foo() { [foo()] }\nfoo()', "java.util.List<java.util.List>"
+    doExprTest 'def foo() { [foo()] }\nfoo()', "java.util.List<java.lang.Object>"
     doExprTest 'def foo() { [new Object(), foo()] }\nfoo()', "java.util.List<java.lang.Object>"
     doExprTest 'def foo() { [someKey1: foo()] }\nfoo()', "java.util.LinkedHashMap<java.lang.String, java.util.LinkedHashMap>"
     doExprTest 'def foo() { [someKey0: new Object(), someKey1: foo()] }\nfoo()',