diff --git a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/tree/java/ReplaceExpressionUtil.java b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/tree/java/ReplaceExpressionUtil.java
index 27df244ce488..6b499e1bfdd5 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/tree/java/ReplaceExpressionUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/tree/java/ReplaceExpressionUtil.java
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ public class ReplaceExpressionUtil {
              i == JavaElementType.THIS_EXPRESSION ||
              i == JavaElementType.SUPER_EXPRESSION ||
              i == JavaElementType.CLASS_OBJECT_ACCESS_EXPRESSION ||
-             i == JavaElementType.LAMBDA_EXPRESSION) {
+             i == JavaElementType.LAMBDA_EXPRESSION ||
+             i == JavaElementType.METHOD_REF_EXPRESSION ) {
       return false;
     }