diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/testData/refactoring/extractFunctionInplace/DontSkipWhitespacesBefore.after.kt b/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/testData/refactoring/extractFunctionInplace/DontSkipWhitespacesBefore.after.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..487072c408af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/testData/refactoring/extractFunctionInplace/DontSkipWhitespacesBefore.after.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+fun testFun(x: Any): Unit {
+    println(x)
+    extracted<caret>()
+}
+
+private fun extracted() {
+    println("that's something else")
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/testData/refactoring/extractFunctionInplace/DontSkipWhitespacesBefore.kt b/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/testData/refactoring/extractFunctionInplace/DontSkipWhitespacesBefore.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a932d2d6fae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/idea/tests/testData/refactoring/extractFunctionInplace/DontSkipWhitespacesBefore.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+fun testFun(x: Any): Unit {
+    println(x)
+    <selection>println("that's something else")</selection>
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/refactorings/kotlin.refactorings.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/introduce/extractFunction/AbstractInplaceExtractionHelper.kt b/plugins/kotlin/refactorings/kotlin.refactorings.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/introduce/extractFunction/AbstractInplaceExtractionHelper.kt
index 4de6fa169bfc..51a5dcb7553d 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin/refactorings/kotlin.refactorings.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/introduce/extractFunction/AbstractInplaceExtractionHelper.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/refactorings/kotlin.refactorings.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/introduce/extractFunction/AbstractInplaceExtractionHelper.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.keymap.KeymapUtil
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Disposer
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiComment
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
 import com.intellij.psi.SmartPointerManager
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ interface AbstractInplaceExtractionHelper<KotlinType,
         val first = elements.first()
         val callTextRange =
             editor.document.createRangeMarker(
-                max(rangeOf(PsiTreeUtil.skipWhitespacesAndCommentsBackward(first) ?: first).startOffset - 1, 0),
+                max(rangeOf(PsiTreeUtil.skipSiblingsBackward(first, PsiComment::class.java) ?: first).startOffset - 1, 0),
                 rangeOf(elements.last()).endOffset
             ).apply {
                 isGreedyToLeft = true
diff --git a/plugins/kotlin/refactorings/kotlin.refactorings.tests.k2/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/k2/refactoring/introduce/FirInplaceExtractFunctionTest.kt b/plugins/kotlin/refactorings/kotlin.refactorings.tests.k2/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/k2/refactoring/introduce/FirInplaceExtractFunctionTest.kt
index abba495ffb59..0cbc6bfdf10f 100644
--- a/plugins/kotlin/refactorings/kotlin.refactorings.tests.k2/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/k2/refactoring/introduce/FirInplaceExtractFunctionTest.kt
+++ b/plugins/kotlin/refactorings/kotlin.refactorings.tests.k2/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/k2/refactoring/introduce/FirInplaceExtractFunctionTest.kt
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ class FirInplaceExtractFunctionTest : KotlinLightCodeInsightFixtureTestCase() {
         doTest()
     }
 
+    fun testDontSkipWhitespacesBefore() {
+        doTest()
+    }
+
     fun testStringTemplateWithNameConflict() {
         doTest(changedName = "substring")
     }