diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionUtil.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionUtil.java
index 68b696205aec..119b89132c56 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionUtil.java
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ public class JavaCompletionUtil {
     final PsiType qualifierType = processor.getQualifierType();
     PsiType castedQualifierType = addQualifierCastingVariants(javaReference, processor, set, parameters);
 
-    boolean mayHighlight = qualifierType != null && (castedQualifierType == null || !qualifierType.isAssignableFrom(castedQualifierType));
+    boolean mayHighlight = qualifierType != null && (castedQualifierType == null || castedQualifierType.equals(qualifierType) || !qualifierType.isAssignableFrom(castedQualifierType));
 
     final boolean pkgContext = inSomePackage(element);