diff --git a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/GenericsUtil.java b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/GenericsUtil.java
index e2a7f417fb62..b0fc938bbe56 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/GenericsUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/psi/GenericsUtil.java
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ public class GenericsUtil {
       final PsiType bound = ((PsiWildcardType)type).getBound();
       return eliminateWildcards(bound != null ? bound : ((PsiWildcardType)type).getExtendsBound(), false);//object
     } else if (type instanceof PsiCapturedWildcardType && !eliminateInTypeArguments) {
-      return ((PsiCapturedWildcardType)type).getUpperBound();
+      return eliminateWildcards(((PsiCapturedWildcardType)type).getUpperBound(), false);
     }
     return type;
   }