diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/breakpoints/JavaLineBreakpointTypeBase.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/breakpoints/JavaLineBreakpointTypeBase.java
index 0d622e92b457..dcef5ac3aeb6 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/breakpoints/JavaLineBreakpointTypeBase.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/ui/breakpoints/JavaLineBreakpointTypeBase.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
+// Copyright 2000-2024 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.debugger.ui.breakpoints;
 
 import com.intellij.debugger.engine.DebuggerUtils;
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public abstract class JavaLineBreakpointTypeBase<P extends JavaBreakpointPropert
       XDebuggerUtil.getInstance().iterateLine(project, document, line, element -> {
         // avoid comments
         if ((element instanceof PsiWhiteSpace)
-            || (PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(element, PsiComment.class, PsiImportStatementBase.class, PsiPackageStatement.class) != null)) {
+            || (PsiTreeUtil.getNonStrictParentOfType(element, PsiComment.class, PsiImportStatementBase.class, PsiPackageStatement.class) != null)) {
           return true;
         }
         PsiElement parent = element;