diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethod/ExtractMethodProcessor.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethod/ExtractMethodProcessor.java
index 97179505664a..1344e4e253af 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethod/ExtractMethodProcessor.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethod/ExtractMethodProcessor.java
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ public class ExtractMethodProcessor implements MatchProvider {
       }
       else {
         expressionType = RefactoringUtil.getTypeByExpressionWithExpectedType(myExpression);
+        if (expressionType == null && !(myExpression.getParent() instanceof PsiExpressionStatement)) {
+          expressionType = PsiType.getJavaLangObject(myExpression.getManager(), GlobalSearchScope.allScope(myProject));
+        }
       }
     }
     if (expressionType == null) {
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/extractMethod/IncompleteExpression.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/extractMethod/IncompleteExpression.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..dce6c4b7d49c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/extractMethod/IncompleteExpression.java
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class Test {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        final Test s = new Test();
+        System.out.println(<selection>s.callAbsentMethod().toString()</selection>);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/extractMethod/IncompleteExpression_after.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/extractMethod/IncompleteExpression_after.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a1a007ae7884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/extractMethod/IncompleteExpression_after.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class Test {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        final Test s = new Test();
+        System.out.println(newMethod(s));
+    }
+
+    private static Object newMethod(Test s) {
+        return s.callAbsentMethod().toString();
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/ExtractMethodTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/ExtractMethodTest.java
index ead8a5318ef2..0760bb5dda9a 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/ExtractMethodTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/ExtractMethodTest.java
@@ -591,6 +591,10 @@ public class ExtractMethodTest extends LightCodeInsightTestCase {
     doTest();
   }
 
+  public void testIncompleteExpression() throws Exception {
+    doTest();
+  }
+
   public void testTwoFromThreeEqStatements() throws Exception {
     doDuplicatesTest();
   }