diff --git a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/tree/java/ReplaceExpressionUtil.java b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/tree/java/ReplaceExpressionUtil.java
index 60cf15798689..27df244ce488 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/tree/java/ReplaceExpressionUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/tree/java/ReplaceExpressionUtil.java
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ public class ReplaceExpressionUtil {
     else if (i == JavaElementType.LITERAL_EXPRESSION ||
              i == JavaElementType.THIS_EXPRESSION ||
              i == JavaElementType.SUPER_EXPRESSION ||
-             i == JavaElementType.CLASS_OBJECT_ACCESS_EXPRESSION) {
+             i == JavaElementType.CLASS_OBJECT_ACCESS_EXPRESSION ||
+             i == JavaElementType.LAMBDA_EXPRESSION) {
       return false;
     }