diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/DebuggerUtilsEx.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/DebuggerUtilsEx.java
index 28b90c0a0159..affac13a73a5 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/DebuggerUtilsEx.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/DebuggerUtilsEx.java
@@ -590,13 +590,13 @@ public abstract class DebuggerUtilsEx extends DebuggerUtils {
     return new SigReader(s).getSignature();
   }
 
-  @NotNull
+  @Nullable
   public static List<Location> allLineLocations(Method method) {
     try {
       return method.allLineLocations();
     }
     catch (AbsentInformationException ignored) {
-      return Collections.emptyList();
+      return null;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/jdi/MethodBytecodeUtil.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/jdi/MethodBytecodeUtil.java
index fad2fcf534d8..7318b1414e45 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/jdi/MethodBytecodeUtil.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/jdi/MethodBytecodeUtil.java
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ public class MethodBytecodeUtil {
       dos.write(bytecodes); // code
       dos.writeShort(0); // exception_table_length
       List<Location> locations = withLineNumbers ? DebuggerUtilsEx.allLineLocations(method) : Collections.emptyList();
-      if (!locations.isEmpty()) {
+      if (!ContainerUtil.isEmpty(locations)) {
         dos.writeShort(1); // attributes_count
         dos.writeShort(cw.newUTF8("LineNumberTable"));
         dos.writeInt(2 * locations.size() + 2);
diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/breakpoints/MethodBreakpoint.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/breakpoints/MethodBreakpoint.java
index 6ab93c6116af..82eb6a59bf9d 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/breakpoints/MethodBreakpoint.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/breakpoints/MethodBreakpoint.java
@@ -200,17 +200,21 @@ public class MethodBreakpoint extends BreakpointWithHighlighter<JavaMethodBreakp
       boolean found = false;
       for (Method method : methods) {
         found = true;
-        if (base && method.isNative()) {
+        if (method.isNative()) {
           breakpoint.disableEmulation();
           return;
         }
         Method target = MethodBytecodeUtil.getBridgeTargetMethod(method, debugProcess.getVirtualMachineProxy());
-        if (target != null && !DebuggerUtilsEx.allLineLocations(target).isEmpty()) {
+        if (target != null && !ContainerUtil.isEmpty(DebuggerUtilsEx.allLineLocations(target))) {
           method = target;
         }
 
         List<Location> allLineLocations = DebuggerUtilsEx.allLineLocations(method);
-        if (!allLineLocations.isEmpty()) {
+        if (allLineLocations == null) { // no line numbers
+          breakpoint.disableEmulation();
+          return;
+        }
+        if (!ContainerUtil.isEmpty(allLineLocations)) {
           if (breakpoint.isWatchEntry()) {
             createLocationBreakpointRequest(breakpoint, ContainerUtil.getFirstItem(allLineLocations), debugProcess);
           }