diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/CodeInsightUtil.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/CodeInsightUtil.java
index 6b3c3829e221..0941aab9d74c 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/CodeInsightUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/CodeInsightUtil.java
@@ -217,20 +217,22 @@ public class CodeInsightUtil {
   }
 
   public static <T extends PsiMember & PsiDocCommentOwner> Comparator<T> createSortIdenticalNamedMembersComparator(PsiElement place) {
-    final PsiProximityComparator proximityComparator = new PsiProximityComparator(place);
-    return (o1, o2) -> {
-      boolean deprecated1 = JavaCompletionUtil.isEffectivelyDeprecated(o1);
-      boolean deprecated2 = JavaCompletionUtil.isEffectivelyDeprecated(o2);
-      if (deprecated1 && !deprecated2) return 1;
-      if (!deprecated1 && deprecated2) return -1;
-      int compare = proximityComparator.compare(o1, o2);
-      if (compare != 0) return compare;
+    return Comparator
+      .<T, Boolean>comparing(JavaCompletionUtil::isEffectivelyDeprecated)
+      .thenComparing(CodeInsightUtil::isInnerClass)
+      .thenComparing(new PsiProximityComparator(place))
+      .thenComparing(CodeInsightUtil::compareQualifiedNames);
+  }
 
-      String qname1 = o1 instanceof PsiClass ? ((PsiClass)o1).getQualifiedName() : null;
-      String qname2 = o2 instanceof PsiClass ? ((PsiClass)o2).getQualifiedName() : null;
-      if (qname1 == null || qname2 == null) return 0;
-      return qname1.compareToIgnoreCase(qname2);
-    };
+  private static boolean isInnerClass(PsiMember o) {
+    return o instanceof PsiClass && o.getContainingClass() != null;
+  }
+
+  private static int compareQualifiedNames(PsiMember o1, PsiMember o2) {
+    String qname1 = o1 instanceof PsiClass ? ((PsiClass)o1).getQualifiedName() : null;
+    String qname2 = o2 instanceof PsiClass ? ((PsiClass)o2).getQualifiedName() : null;
+    if (qname1 == null || qname2 == null) return 0;
+    return qname1.compareToIgnoreCase(qname2);
   }
 
   @NotNull
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/intention/AddImportActionTest.groovy b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/intention/AddImportActionTest.groovy
index a63d3bb0a7f9..5e0a079aea6f 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/intention/AddImportActionTest.groovy
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/intention/AddImportActionTest.groovy
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ package com.intellij.java.codeInsight.intention
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.quickfix.ImportClassFix
 import com.intellij.lang.java.JavaLanguage
 import com.intellij.pom.java.LanguageLevel
+import com.intellij.psi.CommonClassNames
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiClass
 import com.intellij.psi.codeStyle.CodeStyleSettingsManager
 import com.intellij.psi.codeStyle.CommonCodeStyleSettings
 import com.intellij.psi.codeStyle.JavaCodeStyleSettings
@@ -689,4 +691,16 @@ class Bar {
 '''
     assert !myFixture.filterAvailableIntentions("Import class").empty
   }
+
+  void "test prefer top-level List"() {
+    myFixture.addClass("package foo; public interface Restore { interface List {}}")
+    def juList = myFixture.findClass(CommonClassNames.JAVA_UTIL_LIST)
+
+    myFixture.configureByText 'a.java', 'class F implements Lis<caret>t {}'
+    importClass()
+    myFixture.checkResult '''\
+import java.util.List;
+
+class F implements List {}'''
+  }
 }