diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/quickfix/AddMethodQuickFix.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/quickfix/AddMethodQuickFix.java
index f2246b11e999..30d99103b887 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/quickfix/AddMethodQuickFix.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/inspections/quickfix/AddMethodQuickFix.java
@@ -67,9 +67,8 @@ public class AddMethodQuickFix implements LocalQuickFix {
 
   public void applyFix(@NotNull Project project, @NotNull ProblemDescriptor descriptor) {
     try {
-      // descriptor points to the unresolved identifier
       // there can be no name clash, else the name would have resolved, and it hasn't.
-      PsiElement problem_elt = descriptor.getPsiElement().getParent(); // id -> ref expr
+      PsiElement problem_elt = descriptor.getPsiElement();
       PyClass cls = myQualifierType.getPyClass();
       boolean call_by_class = myQualifierType.isDefinition();
       String item_name = myIdentifier;