diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/DataFlowInspectionBase.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/DataFlowInspectionBase.java
index a653a1873759..2fff2d5f3892 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/DataFlowInspectionBase.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/DataFlowInspectionBase.java
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ public class DataFlowInspectionBase extends AbstractBaseJavaLocalInspectionTool
   }
 
   private static boolean isAssertionEffectively(PsiElement psiAnchor, boolean evaluatesToTrue) {
-    PsiElement parent = psiAnchor.getParent();
+    PsiElement parent = PsiUtil.skipParenthesizedExprUp(psiAnchor.getParent());
     if (parent instanceof PsiAssertStatement) {
       return evaluatesToTrue;
     }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/SkipAssertions.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/SkipAssertions.java
index 486fdcb5ad4e..b0863ee8dc13 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/SkipAssertions.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/SkipAssertions.java
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ class Test {
     assert foo != null;
   }
 
+  private static void testParens(@NotNull Object foo) {
+    assert (foo != null);
+  }
+
   private static void test2(@NotNull Object foo) {
     if (foo == null) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException();