diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/RefFieldImpl.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/RefFieldImpl.java
index 7a475077fb65..98926706c7d2 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/RefFieldImpl.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/RefFieldImpl.java
@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@ public class RefFieldImpl extends RefJavaElementImpl implements RefField {
   public String getExternalName() {
     return ReadAction.compute(() -> {
       UField uField = getUastElement();
-      return uField != null ? PsiFormatUtil.getExternalName((PsiModifierListOwner)uField.getJavaPsi()) : null;
+      LOG.info("uast field for RefField = " + uField);
+      if (uField == null) return null;
+      PsiModifierListOwner psi = (PsiModifierListOwner)uField.getJavaPsi();
+      LOG.info("java field for RefField = " + psi);
+      return PsiFormatUtil.getExternalName(psi);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/SmartRefElementPointerImpl.java b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/SmartRefElementPointerImpl.java
index 4e2859d82a3d..1dfb2f186571 100644
--- a/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/SmartRefElementPointerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/reference/SmartRefElementPointerImpl.java
@@ -36,15 +36,19 @@ public class SmartRefElementPointerImpl implements SmartRefElementPointer {
   private final String myType;
 
   public SmartRefElementPointerImpl(RefEntity ref, boolean isPersistent) {
-      myIsPersistent = isPersistent;
-      myRefElement = ref;
-      myFQName = ref.getExternalName();
-      myType = ref.getRefManager().getType(ref);
-      LOG.assertTrue(myFQName != null, "Name: " + ref.getName() +
-                                       ", qName: " + ref.getQualifiedName() +
-                                       "; type: " + myType +
-                                       (ref instanceof RefElement ? ("; containing file: " + getContainingFileName((RefElement)ref)) : ""));
+    myIsPersistent = isPersistent;
+    myRefElement = ref;
+    myFQName = ref.getExternalName();
+    myType = ref.getRefManager().getType(ref);
+    if (myFQName == null) {
+      boolean psiExists = ref instanceof RefElement && ((RefElement)ref).getPsiElement() != null;
+      LOG.error("Name: " + ref.getName() +
+                ", qName: " + ref.getQualifiedName() +
+                "; type: " + myType +
+                "; psi exists: " + psiExists +
+                (ref instanceof RefElement ? ("; containing file: " + getContainingFileName((RefElement)ref)) : ""));
     }
+  }
 
 
   public SmartRefElementPointerImpl(Element jDomElement) {