diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightUtil.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightUtil.java
index b85fb167f6e3..ac5ee39dc688 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightUtil.java
@@ -2048,6 +2048,11 @@ public class HighlightUtil extends HighlightUtilBase {
           return null;
         }
 
+        if (expression instanceof PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement &&
+            PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(expression, PsiClassObjectAccessExpression.class) != null) {
+          return null;
+        }
+
         final HighlightInfo highlightInfo = createMemberReferencedError(resolvedName, expression.getTextRange());
         if (expression instanceof PsiReferenceExpression && PsiUtil.isInnerClass(aClass)) {
           final String referenceName = ((PsiReferenceExpression)expression).getReferenceName();
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting/InnerClassObjectLiteralFromSuperExpression.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting/InnerClassObjectLiteralFromSuperExpression.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..43d3893c7491
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/advHighlighting/InnerClassObjectLiteralFromSuperExpression.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class C {
+  C(Class c) {}
+}
+
+class A extends C {
+  A() {
+    super(B.class);
+  }
+
+  class B {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java
index 974a3222f119..5617b002158d 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java
@@ -384,6 +384,7 @@ public class LightAdvHighlightingTest extends LightDaemonAnalyzerTestCase {
   public void testIDEA71645() { doTest(false, false); }
   public void testIDEA18343() { doTest(false, false); }
   public void testNewExpressionClass() { doTest(false, false); }
+  public void testInnerClassObjectLiteralFromSuperExpression() { doTest(false, false); }
 
   public void testNoEnclosingInstanceWhenStaticNestedInheritsFromContainingClass() throws Exception {
     doTest(false, false);