diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/java/parser/DeclarationParser.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/java/parser/DeclarationParser.java
index 95d2deb49f20..fa31733fbcd3 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/java/parser/DeclarationParser.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/java/parser/DeclarationParser.java
@@ -414,13 +414,7 @@ public class DeclarationParser {
     }
 
     final IElementType tokenType = builder.getTokenType();
-    if (tokenType == JavaTokenType.SEMICOLON) {
-      builder.advanceLexer();
-    }
-    else if (tokenType == JavaTokenType.LBRACE) {
-      StatementParser.parseCodeBlock(builder);
-    }
-    else {
+    if (tokenType != JavaTokenType.SEMICOLON && tokenType != JavaTokenType.LBRACE) {
       final PsiBuilder.Marker error = builder.mark();
       // heuristic: going to next line obviously means method signature is over, starting new method (actually, another one completion hack)
       final CharSequence text = builder.getOriginalText();
@@ -436,6 +430,12 @@ public class DeclarationParser {
       error.error(JavaErrorMessages.message("expected.lbrace.or.semicolon"));
     }
 
+    if (!expect(builder, JavaTokenType.SEMICOLON)) {
+      if (builder.getTokenType() == JavaTokenType.LBRACE) {
+        StatementParser.parseCodeBlock(builder);
+      }
+    }
+
     declaration.done(anno ? JavaElementType.ANNOTATION_METHOD : JavaElementType.METHOD);
     return declaration;
   }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/psi/parser-full/declarationParsing/class/Errors3.java b/java/java-tests/testData/psi/parser-full/declarationParsing/class/Errors3.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c3fe1cc56b94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/psi/parser-full/declarationParsing/class/Errors3.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class C {
+  public Object fa(int toDelete) sdfskdlfabcdavcd {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/psi/parser-full/declarationParsing/class/Errors3.txt b/java/java-tests/testData/psi/parser-full/declarationParsing/class/Errors3.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b71eb3083384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/psi/parser-full/declarationParsing/class/Errors3.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+PsiJavaFile:Errors3.java
+  PsiImportList
+    <empty list>
+  PsiClass:C
+    PsiModifierList:
+      <empty list>
+    PsiKeyword:class('class')
+    PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+    PsiIdentifier:C('C')
+    PsiTypeParameterList
+      <empty list>
+    PsiReferenceList
+      <empty list>
+    PsiReferenceList
+      <empty list>
+    PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+    PsiJavaToken:LBRACE('{')
+    PsiWhiteSpace('\n  ')
+    PsiMethod:fa
+      PsiModifierList:public
+        PsiKeyword:public('public')
+      PsiTypeParameterList
+        <empty list>
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      PsiTypeElement:Object
+        PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement:Object
+          PsiIdentifier:Object('Object')
+          PsiReferenceParameterList
+            <empty list>
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      PsiIdentifier:fa('fa')
+      PsiParameterList:(int toDelete)
+        PsiJavaToken:LPARENTH('(')
+        PsiParameter:toDelete
+          PsiModifierList:
+            <empty list>
+          PsiTypeElement:int
+            PsiKeyword:int('int')
+          PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+          PsiIdentifier:toDelete('toDelete')
+        PsiJavaToken:RPARENTH(')')
+      PsiReferenceList
+        <empty list>
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      PsiErrorElement:'{' or ';' expected
+        PsiIdentifier:sdfskdlfabcdavcd('sdfskdlfabcdavcd')
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      PsiCodeBlock
+        PsiJavaToken:LBRACE('{')
+        PsiWhiteSpace('\n    ')
+        PsiReturnStatement
+          PsiKeyword:return('return')
+          PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+          PsiLiteralExpression:null
+            PsiJavaToken:NULL_KEYWORD('null')
+          PsiJavaToken:SEMICOLON(';')
+        PsiWhiteSpace('\n  ')
+        PsiJavaToken:RBRACE('}')
+    PsiWhiteSpace('\n')
+    PsiJavaToken:RBRACE('}')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/lang/java/parser/declarationParsing/ClassParsingTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/lang/java/parser/declarationParsing/ClassParsingTest.java
index e70ef0b50448..8230c535aead 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/lang/java/parser/declarationParsing/ClassParsingTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/lang/java/parser/declarationParsing/ClassParsingTest.java
@@ -40,4 +40,5 @@ public class ClassParsingTest extends JavaParsingTestCase {
   public void testErrors0() { doTest(true); }
   public void testErrors1() { doTest(true); }
   public void testErrors2() { doTest(true); }
+  public void testErrors3() { doTest(true); }
 }