diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java
index 06f843db374b..9d891cb159d9 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/ControlFlowAnalyzer.java
@@ -1448,11 +1448,13 @@ public class ControlFlowAnalyzer extends JavaElementVisitor {
   void generateBoxingUnboxingInstructionFor(@NotNull PsiExpression context, PsiType actualType, PsiType expectedType, boolean explicit) {
     if (PsiType.VOID.equals(expectedType)) return;
 
-    if (TypeConversionUtil.isPrimitiveAndNotNull(expectedType) && TypeConversionUtil.isAssignableFromPrimitiveWrapper(actualType)) {
+    if (TypeConversionUtil.isPrimitiveAndNotNull(expectedType) && 
+        TypeConversionUtil.isAssignableFromPrimitiveWrapper(GenericsUtil.getVariableTypeByExpressionType(actualType))) {
       addInstruction(new UnwrapSpecialFieldInstruction(SpecialField.UNBOX));
       actualType = PsiPrimitiveType.getUnboxedType(actualType);
     }
-    if (TypeConversionUtil.isPrimitiveAndNotNull(actualType) && TypeConversionUtil.isAssignableFromPrimitiveWrapper(expectedType)) {
+    if (TypeConversionUtil.isPrimitiveAndNotNull(actualType) && 
+        TypeConversionUtil.isAssignableFromPrimitiveWrapper(GenericsUtil.getVariableTypeByExpressionType(expectedType))) {
       addConditionalErrorThrow();
       PsiType boxedType = ((PsiPrimitiveType)actualType).getBoxedType(context);
       addInstruction(new BoxingInstruction(boxedType));
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/ImplicitUnboxingExtendsInteger.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/ImplicitUnboxingExtendsInteger.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..53544e3815ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/ImplicitUnboxingExtendsInteger.java
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+// IDEA-244356
+class Usage {
+
+  private static void exampleMethod(List<? extends Integer> listOfIntegers) {
+    int firstElement = listOfIntegers.get(0);
+    for (int element : listOfIntegers) {
+      if (element == firstElement) {}
+    }
+  }
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+    List<Integer> list = new ArrayList<>();
+    list.add(0);
+    list.add(1);
+    exampleMethod(list);
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
index e120d2c04e84..e55422829c88 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
@@ -624,6 +624,7 @@ public class DataFlowInspectionTest extends DataFlowInspectionTestCase {
   public void testNewBoxedNumberEquality() { doTest(); }
   public void testBoxingIncorrectLiteral() { doTest(); }
   public void testImplicitUnboxingOnCast() { doTest(); }
+  public void testImplicitUnboxingExtendsInteger() { doTest(); }
 
   public void testIncompleteArrayAccessInLoop() { doTest(); }
   public void testSameArguments() { doTest(); }