diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyListCreationInspection.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyListCreationInspection.java
index 2cb95d8224a1..14cda9c154c6 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyListCreationInspection.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/PyListCreationInspection.java
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ public class PyListCreationInspection extends PyInspection {
           PyCallExpression callExpression = (PyCallExpression)statement;
           PyExpression callee = callExpression.getCallee();
           if (callee instanceof PyQualifiedExpression) {
-            if (((PyQualifiedExpression)callee).getQualifier().getText().equals(name)) {
+            PyExpression qualifier = ((PyQualifiedExpression)callee).getQualifier();
+            String funcName = ((PyQualifiedExpression)callee).getReferencedName();
+            if (qualifier != null && qualifier.getText().equals(name) && "append".equals(funcName)) {
               PyArgumentList argList = callExpression.getArgumentList();
               if (argList != null) {
                 for (PyExpression argument : argList.getArguments()) {
@@ -62,13 +64,14 @@ public class PyListCreationInspection extends PyInspection {
                     availableFix = true;
                   }
                 }
+                if(availableFix)
+                  quickFix.addStatement(expressionStatement);
               }
             }
           }
           if (quickFix == null) {
             return;
           }
-          quickFix.addStatement(expressionStatement);
           expressionStatement = PsiTreeUtil.getNextSiblingOfType(expressionStatement, PyExpressionStatement.class);
           if (expressionStatement != null)
             statement = expressionStatement.getExpression();
diff --git a/python/testData/inspections/ListCreation.py b/python/testData/inspections/ListCreation.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..20b1e03f97f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/inspections/ListCreation.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+<warning descr="This list creation could be rewritten as a list literal">my_<caret>list = [m]</warning>
+my_list.append(1)
+my_list.append(var)
+do_something()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testData/inspections/ListCreation_after.py b/python/testData/inspections/ListCreation_after.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8a4be76969f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/inspections/ListCreation_after.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+my_list = [m, 1, var]
+do_something()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyQuickFixTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyQuickFixTest.java
index 9c478afa639c..305b261c550a 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyQuickFixTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyQuickFixTest.java
@@ -215,6 +215,11 @@ public class PyQuickFixTest extends PyLightFixtureTestCase {
                      PyBundle.message("INTN.replace.noteq.operator"), true, true);
   }
 
+  public void testListCreation() {
+    doInspectionTest("ListCreation.py", PyListCreationInspection.class,
+                     PyBundle.message("QFIX.list.creation"), true, true);
+  }
+
   @Override
   @NonNls
   protected String getTestDataPath() {