diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/CodeInsightUtil.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/CodeInsightUtil.java
index b57f3897bdba..380acf25d810 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/CodeInsightUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/CodeInsightUtil.java
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class CodeInsightUtil {
   public static boolean areExpressionsEquivalent(PsiExpression expr1, PsiExpression expr2) {
     return PsiEquivalenceUtil.areElementsEquivalent(expr1, expr2, new Comparator<PsiElement>() {
       public int compare(PsiElement o1, PsiElement o2) {
-        if (o1 instanceof PsiParameter && o2 instanceof PsiParameter) {
+        if (o1 instanceof PsiParameter && o2 instanceof PsiParameter && ((PsiParameter)o1).getDeclarationScope() instanceof PsiMethod) {
           return ((PsiParameter)o1).getName().compareTo(((PsiParameter)o2).getName());
         }
         return 1;
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/DifferentForeachParameters.after.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/DifferentForeachParameters.after.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a021e09a2144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/DifferentForeachParameters.after.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class A {
+  {
+    List<Integer> l = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+    for (Integer i : l) {
+        final String tostr = i.toString();
+        System.out.println(tostr);
+    }
+    for (Integer i : l) {
+      System.out.println(i.toString());
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/DifferentForeachParameters.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/DifferentForeachParameters.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3683bfac097b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/introduceVariable/DifferentForeachParameters.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+class A {
+  {
+    List<Integer> l = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+    for (Integer i : l) {
+      System.out.println(<selection>i.toString()</selection>);
+    }
+    for (Integer i : l) {
+      System.out.println(i.toString());
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java
index bf100c8ea6f6..6d10533e1aeb 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/IntroduceVariableTest.java
@@ -218,6 +218,10 @@ public class IntroduceVariableTest extends LightCodeInsightTestCase {
     doTest(new MockIntroduceVariableHandler("foo1", true, true, false, "Foo"));
   }
 
+  public void testDifferentForeachParameters () throws Exception {
+    doTest(new MockIntroduceVariableHandler("tostr", true, true, false, "java.lang.String"));
+  }
+
   public void testSiblingInnerClassType() throws Exception {
     doTest(new MockIntroduceVariableHandler("vari", true, false, false, "A.B"){
       @Override