diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceVariable/IntroduceVariableBase.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceVariable/IntroduceVariableBase.java
index c708ac693368..a4ccfba070e2 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceVariable/IntroduceVariableBase.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceVariable/IntroduceVariableBase.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.EditorColorsManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.markup.TextAttributes;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileDocumentManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Pass;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
@@ -485,8 +484,13 @@ public abstract class IntroduceVariableBase extends IntroduceHandlerBase {
           return null;
         }
       }
-      else if (containingExpression != null && !Comparing.equal(containingExpression.getType(), tempExpr.getType())){
-        return null;
+      else if (containingExpression != null) {
+        PsiType containingExpressionType = containingExpression.getType();
+        PsiType tempExprType = tempExpr.getType();
+        if (containingExpressionType != null && 
+            (tempExprType == null || !TypeConversionUtil.isAssignable(containingExpressionType, tempExprType))) {
+          return null;
+        }
       }
 
       final PsiReferenceExpression refExpr = PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(toBeExpression.findElementAt(refIdx[0]), PsiReferenceExpression.class);
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/SubExpressionFromPrimitiveWithConversion.after.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/SubExpressionFromPrimitiveWithConversion.after.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c835d6447610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/SubExpressionFromPrimitiveWithConversion.after.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import java.util.*;
+
+class MyTest {
+    
+    private void foo(List<Object> b) {
+        int i = 6 - b.size();
+        if (i - 2L < 1) {}
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/SubExpressionFromPrimitiveWithConversion.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/SubExpressionFromPrimitiveWithConversion.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f7975412e8f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/SubExpressionFromPrimitiveWithConversion.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import java.util.*;
+
+class MyTest {
+    
+    private void foo(List<Object> b) {
+        if (<selection>6 - b.size()</selection> - 2L < 1) {}
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java
index 4d3a53f582ff..8d8753c6f7c4 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java
@@ -368,6 +368,10 @@ public class IntroduceVariableTest extends LightJavaCodeInsightTestCase {
     doTest(new MockIntroduceVariableHandler("str", false, false, false, CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_STRING));
   }
 
+  public void testSubExpressionFromPrimitiveWithConversion() {
+    doTest(new MockIntroduceVariableHandler("i", false, false, false, "int"));
+  }
+
   public void testSubPrimitiveLiteral() {
     doTest(new MockIntroduceVariableHandler("str", false, false, false, CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_STRING));
   }