diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/QuickFixAction.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/QuickFixAction.java
index 194a5750ce29..3adfc6181f54 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/QuickFixAction.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/QuickFixAction.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.intellij.codeInspection.ui.InspectionResultsView;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.ui.InspectionTree;
 import com.intellij.icons.AllIcons;
 import com.intellij.ide.DataManager;
+import com.intellij.internal.ReviseWhenPortedToJDK;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.*;
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ex.CustomComponentAction;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
@@ -121,7 +122,8 @@ public class QuickFixAction extends AnAction implements CustomComponentAction {
     try {
       Ref<CommonProblemDescriptor[]> descriptors = Ref.create();
       Set<VirtualFile> readOnlyFiles = new THashSet<>();
-      if (!ProgressManager.getInstance().runProcessWithProgressSynchronously(() -> ReadAction.run(() -> {
+      //TODO revise when jdk9 arrives. Until then this redundant cast is a workaround to compile under jdk9 b169
+      if (!ProgressManager.getInstance().runProcessWithProgressSynchronously((@ReviseWhenPortedToJDK("9") Runnable)() -> ReadAction.run(() -> {
         final ProgressIndicator indicator = ProgressManager.getInstance().getProgressIndicator();
         indicator.setText("Checking problem descriptors...");
         descriptors.set(tree.getSelectedDescriptors(true, readOnlyFiles, false, false));
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/ReviseWhenPortedToJDK.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/ReviseWhenPortedToJDK.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b411c87d5bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/ReviseWhenPortedToJDK.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.intellij.internal;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Use to mark places in code which are hacks or workarounds which are supposed to be fixed or reworked in the new shiny JDK of the specified version
+ */
+@Target({ElementType.METHOD,ElementType.TYPE,ElementType.TYPE_USE,ElementType.ANNOTATION_TYPE,ElementType.CONSTRUCTOR,ElementType.FIELD,ElementType.PARAMETER,ElementType.LOCAL_VARIABLE,ElementType.PACKAGE,ElementType.TYPE_PARAMETER})
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.SOURCE)
+public @interface ReviseWhenPortedToJDK {
+  String value();
+}