diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaInheritorsGetter.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaInheritorsGetter.java
index 22bbe113448c..038b722f83f3 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaInheritorsGetter.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaInheritorsGetter.java
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ public class JavaInheritorsGetter extends CompletionProvider<CompletionParameter
   }
 
   private static PsiTypeLookupItem createNewArrayItem(PsiElement context, PsiType type) {
-    return PsiTypeLookupItem.createLookupItem(TypeConversionUtil.erasure(type), context).setShowPackage();
+    return PsiTypeLookupItem.createLookupItem(TypeConversionUtil.erasure(GenericsUtil.getVariableTypeByExpressionType(type)), context).setShowPackage();
   }
 
   private static List<PsiClassType> extractClassTypes(ExpectedTypeInfo[] infos) {