diff --git a/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/search/VariableInIncompleteCodeSearcher.java b/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/search/VariableInIncompleteCodeSearcher.java
index 00323f3277ec..c797262e69fc 100644
--- a/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/search/VariableInIncompleteCodeSearcher.java
+++ b/java/java-indexing-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/search/VariableInIncompleteCodeSearcher.java
@@ -18,9 +18,13 @@ package com.intellij.psi.impl.search;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.QueryExecutorBase;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
-import com.intellij.psi.search.*;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.LocalSearchScope;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.PsiSearchHelper;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.SearchScope;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.UsageSearchContext;
 import com.intellij.psi.search.searches.ReferencesSearch;
 import com.intellij.util.Processor;
+import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
@@ -46,6 +50,14 @@ public class VariableInIncompleteCodeSearcher extends QueryExecutorBase<PsiRefer
       //process incomplete references to the 'field' in the same file only
       scope = new LocalSearchScope(new PsiElement[]{file}, null, !PsiSearchHelperImpl.shouldProcessInjectedPsi(p.getScopeDeterminedByUser()));
     }
+    else {
+      PsiElement[] elements = ((LocalSearchScope)scope).getScope();
+      PsiElement[] sourceElements = ContainerUtil.findAllAsArray(elements, e -> !(e instanceof PsiCompiledElement));
+      if (sourceElements.length != elements.length) {
+        if (sourceElements.length == 0) return;
+        scope = new LocalSearchScope(sourceElements);
+      }
+    }
 
     PsiElement[] elements = ((LocalSearchScope)scope).getScope();
     if (elements.length == 0) return;