diff --git a/plugins/ByteCodeViewer/src/com/intellij/byteCodeViewer/ShowByteCodeAction.java b/plugins/ByteCodeViewer/src/com/intellij/byteCodeViewer/ShowByteCodeAction.java
index e3c5cdd7b6da..3a0a6d8fca59 100644
--- a/plugins/ByteCodeViewer/src/com/intellij/byteCodeViewer/ShowByteCodeAction.java
+++ b/plugins/ByteCodeViewer/src/com/intellij/byteCodeViewer/ShowByteCodeAction.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// Copyright 2000-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.byteCodeViewer;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.lookup.LookupManager;
@@ -83,7 +83,10 @@ final class ShowByteCodeAction extends AnAction implements UpdateInBackground {
             isMarkedForCompilation(project, virtualFile)) {
           myErrorTitle = JavaByteCodeViewerBundle.message("class.file.may.be.out.of.date");
         }
-        myByteCode = ReadAction.compute(() -> ByteCodeViewerManager.getByteCode(psiElement));
+        myByteCode = ReadAction.compute(() -> {
+          PsiElement targetElement = element.getElement();
+          return targetElement != null ? ByteCodeViewerManager.getByteCode(targetElement) : null;
+        });
       }
 
       @Override