diff --git a/json/src/com/intellij/json/navigation/JsonQualifiedNameProvider.java b/json/src/com/intellij/json/navigation/JsonQualifiedNameProvider.java
index 75d5a3888033..6ea8897f0671 100644
--- a/json/src/com/intellij/json/navigation/JsonQualifiedNameProvider.java
+++ b/json/src/com/intellij/json/navigation/JsonQualifiedNameProvider.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public class JsonQualifiedNameProvider implements QualifiedNameProvider {
   @Nullable
   @Override
   public PsiElement adjustElementToCopy(PsiElement element) {
-    return element;
+    return null;
   }
 
   @Nullable