diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/JavaModuleGraphUtil.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/JavaModuleGraphUtil.java
index f62587fbd96b..912d96d4b7ed 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/JavaModuleGraphUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/JavaModuleGraphUtil.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.FileTypeRegistry;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileTypes.LanguageFileType;
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.Module;
 import com.intellij.openapi.module.ModuleManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbService;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ModuleRootManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.roots.ProjectFileIndex;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.java.stubs.index.JavaModuleNameIndex;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.light.LightJavaModule;
+import com.intellij.psi.search.FilenameIndex;
 import com.intellij.psi.search.GlobalSearchScope;
 import com.intellij.psi.search.ProjectScope;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.CachedValueProvider.Result;
@@ -111,6 +113,12 @@ public final class JavaModuleGraphUtil {
   @Nullable
   private static PsiJavaModule findDescriptionByModuleInner(@NotNull Module module, boolean inTests) {
     Project project = module.getProject();
+    GlobalSearchScope moduleScope = module.getModuleScope();
+    if (!DumbService.isDumb(project) &&
+        FilenameIndex.getFilesByName(project, PsiJavaModule.MODULE_INFO_FILE, moduleScope).length == 0 &&
+        FilenameIndex.getFilesByName(project, JarFile.MANIFEST_NAME, moduleScope).length == 0) {
+      return null;
+    }
     JavaSourceRootType rootType = inTests ? JavaSourceRootType.TEST_SOURCE : JavaSourceRootType.SOURCE;
     List<VirtualFile> sourceRoots = ModuleRootManager.getInstance(module).getSourceRoots(rootType);
     List<VirtualFile> files = ContainerUtil.mapNotNull(sourceRoots, root -> root.findChild(PsiJavaModule.MODULE_INFO_FILE));