diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/dataflow/UnnecessaryLocalVariableInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/dataflow/UnnecessaryLocalVariableInspection.java
index 3e2d62d2bd2f..223a21920e55 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/dataflow/UnnecessaryLocalVariableInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/dataflow/UnnecessaryLocalVariableInspection.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.intellij.codeInspection.ui.MultipleCheckboxOptionsPanel;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.TypeConversionUtil;
 import com.siyeh.InspectionGadgetsBundle;
 import com.siyeh.ig.BaseInspection;
 import com.siyeh.ig.BaseInspectionVisitor;
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ public class UnnecessaryLocalVariableInspection extends BaseInspection {
           return false;
         }
       }
+      if (TypeConversionUtil.boxingConversionApplicable(variable.getType(), ((PsiVariable)referent).getType())) return false;
       return true;
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/dataflow/unnecessary_local_vars/C.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/dataflow/unnecessary_local_vars/C.java
index 3997259bccdd..4c70c60d9822 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/dataflow/unnecessary_local_vars/C.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/dataflow/unnecessary_local_vars/C.java
@@ -20,4 +20,9 @@ class C {
       System.out.println(r2 + r3);
     }
   }
+  
+  int boxing(Long l) {
+    long ll = l;
+    return (int) ll;
+  }
 }
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