diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethod/ExtractMethodProcessor.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethod/ExtractMethodProcessor.java
index e8a7c55ae61d..e8b339064ef0 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethod/ExtractMethodProcessor.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethod/ExtractMethodProcessor.java
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ public class ExtractMethodProcessor implements MatchProvider {
       if (classCopy == null) {
         return null;
       }
-      final PsiMethod emptyMethod = (PsiMethod)classCopy.add(generateEmptyMethod("name"));
+      final PsiMethod emptyMethod = (PsiMethod)classCopy.addAfter(generateEmptyMethod("name"), PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(classCopy, PsiMember.class));
       prepareMethodBody(emptyMethod, false);
       if (myNotNullConditionalCheck || myNullConditionalCheck) {
         return Nullness.NULLABLE;