diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/varScopeCanBeNarrowed/FieldCanBeLocalInspectionBase.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/varScopeCanBeNarrowed/FieldCanBeLocalInspectionBase.java
index d2dfb1f5c6a8..509a327ed2e4 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/varScopeCanBeNarrowed/FieldCanBeLocalInspectionBase.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/varScopeCanBeNarrowed/FieldCanBeLocalInspectionBase.java
@@ -120,6 +120,21 @@ public class FieldCanBeLocalInspectionBase extends BaseJavaBatchLocalInspectionT
     aClass.accept(new JavaRecursiveElementWalkingVisitor() {
       @Override
       public void visitMethod(PsiMethod method) {
+        if (method.isConstructor()) {
+          final PsiCodeBlock body = method.getBody();
+          if (body != null) {
+            final PsiStatement[] statements = body.getStatements();
+            if (statements.length > 0 && statements[0] instanceof PsiExpressionStatement) {
+              final PsiExpression expression = ((PsiExpressionStatement)statements[0]).getExpression();
+              if (expression instanceof PsiMethodCallExpression) {
+                final PsiMethod resolveMethod = ((PsiMethodCallExpression)expression).resolveMethod();
+                if (resolveMethod != null && resolveMethod.isConstructor()) {
+                  visitMethodCallExpression((PsiMethodCallExpression)expression);
+                }
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        }
         //do not go inside method
       }
 
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/fieldCanBeLocal/constructorThisRef/expected.xml b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/fieldCanBeLocal/constructorThisRef/expected.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c63c9258595e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/fieldCanBeLocal/constructorThisRef/expected.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<problems/>
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/fieldCanBeLocal/constructorThisRef/src/Test.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/fieldCanBeLocal/constructorThisRef/src/Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c011830c003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/fieldCanBeLocal/constructorThisRef/src/Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class ClassName {
+    private static String SOME_CONSTANT = "XXX";
+
+    public ClassName() {
+        this(SOME_CONSTANT);
+    }
+
+    public ClassName(String somethingElse) {
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/FieldCanBeLocalTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/FieldCanBeLocalTest.java
index 3470669e2dfe..29a0a831087f 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/FieldCanBeLocalTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/FieldCanBeLocalTest.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class FieldCanBeLocalTest extends InspectionTestCase {
   }
 
   public void testConstructor () throws Exception { doTest(); }
+  public void testConstructorThisRef() throws Exception { doTest(); }
   public void testStaticFinal() throws Exception { doTest(); }
   public void testStaticAccess() throws Exception { doTest(); }
   public void testInnerClassConstructor() throws Exception { doTest(); }