diff --git a/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/impl/GenericDomValueReference.java b/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/impl/GenericDomValueReference.java
index 6bd16b7622b6..18c97c2a839d 100644
--- a/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/impl/GenericDomValueReference.java
+++ b/xml/dom-impl/src/com/intellij/util/xml/impl/GenericDomValueReference.java
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.LookupElement;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.LookupValueFactory;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
+import com.intellij.pom.PomTarget;
 import com.intellij.pom.references.PomService;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiManager;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiReferenceBase;
+import com.intellij.psi.impl.PomTargetPsiElementImpl;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlAttributeValue;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlTag;
@@ -110,10 +112,15 @@ public class GenericDomValueReference<T> extends PsiReferenceBase<XmlElement> im
     final Converter<T> converter = getConverter();
     if (converter instanceof ResolvingConverter) {
       T value = myGenericValue.getValue();
-      PsiElement resolvedElement = ((ResolvingConverter<T>)converter).getPsiElement(value);
-      if (resolvedElement != null) {
-        return ((ResolvingConverter<T>)converter).isReferenceTo(element, getStringValue(), value, getConvertContext());
+      if (value instanceof DomElement && element instanceof PomTargetPsiElementImpl) {
+        PomTarget target = ((PomTargetPsiElementImpl)element).getTarget();
+        if (target instanceof DomTarget) {
+          if (value.equals(((DomTarget)target).getDomElement())) {
+            return true;
+          }
+        }
       }
+      return ((ResolvingConverter<T>)converter).isReferenceTo(element, getStringValue(), value, getConvertContext());
     }
     return super.isReferenceTo(element);
   }