diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/SuspiciousComparatorCompareInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/SuspiciousComparatorCompareInspection.java
index 80c6f9fd7834..da075877f24e 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/SuspiciousComparatorCompareInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/bugs/SuspiciousComparatorCompareInspection.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.intellij.codeInspection.dataFlow.value.DfaVariableValue;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.ObjectUtils;
 import com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle;
 import com.siyeh.ig.BaseInspection;
 import com.siyeh.ig.BaseInspectionVisitor;
@@ -96,6 +97,19 @@ public class SuspiciousComparatorCompareInspection extends BaseInspection {
         PsiStatement statement = ControlFlowUtils.getOnlyStatementInBlock((PsiCodeBlock)body);
         if (statement instanceof PsiReturnStatement && ExpressionUtils.isZero(((PsiReturnStatement)statement).getReturnValue())) return;
       }
+      PsiMethodCallExpression soleCall = ObjectUtils.tryCast(LambdaUtil.extractSingleExpressionFromBody(body), PsiMethodCallExpression.class);
+      if (soleCall != null) {
+        PsiMethod method = soleCall.resolveMethod();
+        if (method != null) {
+          List<? extends MethodContract> contracts = ControlFlowAnalyzer.getMethodCallContracts(method, soleCall);
+          if (contracts.size() == 1) {
+            MethodContract contract = contracts.get(0);
+            if (contract.isTrivial() && contract.getReturnValue() == MethodContract.ValueConstraint.THROW_EXCEPTION) {
+              return;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      }
       PsiParameter[] parameters = parameterList.getParameters();
       checkParameterList(parameters, body);
       checkReflexivity(parameters, body);
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/suspicious_comparator_compare/ComparatorIsNotReflexive.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/suspicious_comparator_compare/ComparatorIsNotReflexive.java
index c6041a9b93fa..e1bc02b720b9 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/suspicious_comparator_compare/ComparatorIsNotReflexive.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/bugs/suspicious_comparator_compare/ComparatorIsNotReflexive.java
@@ -27,4 +27,10 @@ class ComparatorIsNotReflexive implements Comparator<Integer> {
     if(b1.length != b2.length) return 0; // typo: == was intended
     return <warning descr="Comparator does not return 0 for equal elements">b1.length > b2.length ? 1 : -1</warning>;
   };
+
+  Comparator<String> cmp = (a,b) -> test();
+
+  static int test() {
+    throw new RuntimeException();
+  }
 }