diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/PsiReplacementUtil.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/PsiReplacementUtil.java
index 6aadfd5ce246..b20ae86c491c 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/PsiReplacementUtil.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/PsiReplacementUtil.java
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ public class PsiReplacementUtil {
     return styleManager.reformat(replacementExp);
   }
 
+  public static PsiElement replaceExpressionAndShorten(@NotNull PsiExpression expression, @NotNull @NonNls String newExpressionText, CommentTracker tracker) {
+    final Project project = expression.getProject();
+    final PsiElement replacementExp = tracker.replaceAndRestoreComments(expression, newExpressionText);
+    final JavaCodeStyleManager javaCodeStyleManager = JavaCodeStyleManager.getInstance(project);
+    javaCodeStyleManager.shortenClassReferences(replacementExp);
+    final CodeStyleManager styleManager = CodeStyleManager.getInstance(project);
+    return styleManager.reformat(replacementExp);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Consider to use {@link #replaceStatement(PsiExpression, String, CommentTracker)} to preserve comments
    */
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/asserttoif/IfCanBeAssertionInspection.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/asserttoif/IfCanBeAssertionInspection.java
index 82ca01548d29..f8e06573ffe0 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/asserttoif/IfCanBeAssertionInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/asserttoif/IfCanBeAssertionInspection.java
@@ -171,7 +171,10 @@ public class IfCanBeAssertionInspection extends BaseInspection {
         if (!(condition instanceof PsiBinaryExpression)) return null;
         PsiExpression nullComparedExpression = ExpressionUtils.getValueComparedWithNull((PsiBinaryExpression)condition);
         if (nullComparedExpression == null) return null;
-        return new Replacer(text -> PsiReplacementUtil.replaceStatementAndShortenClassNames(ifStatement, text + ";"), nullComparedExpression, null);
+        CommentTracker tracker = new CommentTracker();
+        return new Replacer(text -> PsiReplacementUtil.replaceStatementAndShortenClassNames(ifStatement, text + ";", tracker),
+                            tracker.markUnchanged(nullComparedExpression),
+                            null);
       } else {
         PsiReferenceExpression ref = ObjectUtils.tryCast(descriptor.getPsiElement().getParent(), PsiReferenceExpression.class);
         if (ref == null) return null;
@@ -185,7 +188,10 @@ public class IfCanBeAssertionInspection extends BaseInspection {
         }
         PsiExpression[] args = methodCall.getArgumentList().getExpressions();
         if (args.length > 2) return null;
-        return new Replacer(text -> PsiReplacementUtil.replaceExpressionAndShorten(methodCall, text), args[0], args.length == 2 ? args[1] : null);
+        CommentTracker tracker = new CommentTracker();
+        return new Replacer(text -> PsiReplacementUtil.replaceExpressionAndShorten(methodCall, text, tracker),
+                            tracker.markUnchanged(args[0]),
+                            args.length == 2 ? tracker.markUnchanged(args[1]) : null);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/asserttoif/if_to_assert/ObjectsRequireNonNull.after.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/asserttoif/if_to_assert/ObjectsRequireNonNull.after.java
index 2cf9ea200536..d02be6f67378 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/asserttoif/if_to_assert/ObjectsRequireNonNull.after.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/asserttoif/if_to_assert/ObjectsRequireNonNull.after.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import java.util.Objects;
 
 class Parentheses {
   void s(String s) {
+      //keep me
       Objects.requireNonNull(s);
   }
 }
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diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/asserttoif/if_to_assert/ObjectsRequireNonNull.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/asserttoif/if_to_assert/ObjectsRequireNonNull.java
index 7e22a38c2c68..ff4173360320 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/asserttoif/if_to_assert/ObjectsRequireNonNull.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igfixes/asserttoif/if_to_assert/ObjectsRequireNonNull.java
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ package com.siyeh.ipp.asserttoif.if_to_assert;
 class Parentheses {
   void s(String s) {
     i<caret>f (s == null) {
-      throw (new NullPointerException(("s")));
+      throw (new NullPointerException(("s")));//keep me
     }
   }
 }
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