diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/GenericsHighlightUtil.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/GenericsHighlightUtil.java
index f691f50a9ad3..bf138c8433cd 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/GenericsHighlightUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/GenericsHighlightUtil.java
@@ -920,9 +920,12 @@ public class GenericsHighlightUtil {
     }
     try {
       MethodSignatureBackedByPsiMethod superMethod = SuperMethodsSearch.search(method, null, true, false).findFirst();
-      if (superMethod != null && method.getContainingClass().isInterface() && "clone".equals(superMethod.getName())) {
-        final PsiClass containingClass = superMethod.getMethod().getContainingClass();
-        if (containingClass != null && CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_OBJECT.equals(containingClass.getQualifiedName())) {
+      if (superMethod != null && method.getContainingClass().isInterface()) {
+        final PsiMethod psiMethod = superMethod.getMethod();
+        final PsiClass containingClass = psiMethod.getContainingClass();
+        if (containingClass != null && 
+            CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_OBJECT.equals(containingClass.getQualifiedName()) &&
+            psiMethod.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.PROTECTED)) {
           superMethod = null;
         }
       }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting6/IDEADEV11877.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting6/IDEADEV11877.java
index 39773bd7e428..2d44f189d2e0 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting6/IDEADEV11877.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting6/IDEADEV11877.java
@@ -16,4 +16,9 @@ class MyCloneable2 {
   public Object clone() {
     return null;
   }
+}
+
+interface MyFinalizable {
+  <error descr="Method does not override method from its superclass">@Override</error> void finalize();
+  @Override int hashCode();
 }
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