diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaChainLookupElement.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaChainLookupElement.java
index 67fabbba707c..08d98337c38c 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaChainLookupElement.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaChainLookupElement.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class JavaChainLookupElement extends LookupElementDecorator<LookupElement
     final InsertionContext qualifierContext = CompletionUtil.emulateInsertion(context, context.getStartOffset(), myQualifier);
     OffsetKey oldStart = context.trackOffset(context.getStartOffset(), false);
 
-    int start = CharArrayUtil.shiftForward(context.getDocument().getCharsSequence(), context.getStartOffset(), " \t");
+    int start = CharArrayUtil.shiftForward(context.getDocument().getCharsSequence(), context.getStartOffset(), " \t\n");
     if (shouldParenthesizeQualifier(context.getFile(), start, qualifierContext.getTailOffset())) {
       final String space = CodeStyleSettingsManager.getSettings(qualifierContext.getProject()).SPACE_WITHIN_PARENTHESES ? " " : "";
       document.insertString(start, "(" + space);