diff --git a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/ResolveClassUtil.java b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/ResolveClassUtil.java
index 1e3be2dfc81f..1ced09018224 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/ResolveClassUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/ResolveClassUtil.java
@@ -21,10 +21,12 @@ import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PsiJavaCodeReferenceElementImpl;
 import com.intellij.psi.scope.util.PsiScopesUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtil;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 public class ResolveClassUtil {
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance("#com.intellij.psi.impl.source.resolve.ResolveClassUtil");
 
+  @Nullable
   public static PsiClass resolveClass(PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement ref) {
     if (ref instanceof PsiJavaCodeReferenceElementImpl && ((PsiJavaCodeReferenceElementImpl)ref).getKind() == PsiJavaCodeReferenceElementImpl.CLASS_IN_QUALIFIED_NEW_KIND){
       PsiElement parent = ref.getParent();