diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/extract/method/ExtractMethodInfoHelper.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/extract/method/ExtractMethodInfoHelper.java
index 52a913ce125e..0149acf92ca7 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/extract/method/ExtractMethodInfoHelper.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/extract/method/ExtractMethodInfoHelper.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiModifier;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.api.statements.typedef.members.GrMethod;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.api.statements.typedef.members.GrMember;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.refactoring.extract.ExtractInfoHelperBase;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.refactoring.extract.InitialInfo;
 
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ public class ExtractMethodInfoHelper extends ExtractInfoHelperBase {
   private static boolean canBeStatic(PsiElement statement) {
     PsiElement parent = statement.getParent();
     while (parent != null && !(parent instanceof PsiFile)) {
-      if (parent instanceof GrMethod) {
-        return ((GrMethod) parent).hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.STATIC);
+      if (parent instanceof GrMember) {
+        return ((GrMember) parent).hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.STATIC);
       }
       parent = parent.getParent();
     }
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/extract/method/ExtractMethodTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/extract/method/ExtractMethodTest.groovy
index cf167e024754..d17fea8cae5d 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/extract/method/ExtractMethodTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/extract/method/ExtractMethodTest.groovy
@@ -198,4 +198,45 @@ private int testMethod() {
 }
 ''')
   }
+
+  void testExtractMethodFromStaticFieldClosureInitializer() {
+    doTest('''\
+class Foo {
+    static constraints = {
+        bar validator: { val, obj ->
+            <begin>println "validating ${obj}.$val"<end>
+        }
+    }
+}
+''', '''\
+class Foo {
+    static constraints = {
+        bar validator: { val, obj ->
+            testMethod(obj, val)
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static testMethod(obj, val) {
+        println "validating ${obj}.$val"
+    }
+}
+''')
+  }
+
+  void testExtractMethodFromStaticFieldInitializer() {
+    doTest('''\
+class Foo {
+    static constraints = <begin>2<end>
+}
+''', '''\
+class Foo {
+    static constraints = testMethod()
+
+    private static int testMethod() {
+        return 2
+    }
+}
+''')
+  }
+
 }
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