diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/localCanBeFinal/LocalCanBeFinal.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/localCanBeFinal/LocalCanBeFinal.java
index b693e5e4ee9d..ddc01ee12836 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/localCanBeFinal/LocalCanBeFinal.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/localCanBeFinal/LocalCanBeFinal.java
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ public class LocalCanBeFinal extends BaseJavaBatchLocalInspectionTool {
       final PsiVariable variable = iterator.next();
       if (shouldBeIgnored(variable)) {
         iterator.remove();
+        continue;
       }
       final PsiElement parent = variable.getParent();
       if (!(parent instanceof PsiDeclarationStatement)) {