diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethodObject/ExtractLightMethodObjectHandler.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethodObject/ExtractLightMethodObjectHandler.java
index 746d27d9ee88..4b4f0f308451 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethodObject/ExtractLightMethodObjectHandler.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/extractMethodObject/ExtractLightMethodObjectHandler.java
@@ -127,8 +127,11 @@ public class ExtractLightMethodObjectHandler {
     // expand lambda to code block if needed
     PsiElement containingMethod = PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(originalAnchor, PsiMember.class, PsiLambdaExpression.class);
     if (containingMethod instanceof PsiLambdaExpression) {
-      PsiCodeBlock newBody = RefactoringUtil.expandExpressionLambdaToCodeBlock((PsiLambdaExpression)containingMethod);
-      originalAnchor = newBody.getStatements()[0];
+      PsiLambdaExpression lambdaExpression = (PsiLambdaExpression)containingMethod;
+      if (lambdaExpression.getBody() instanceof PsiExpression) {
+        PsiCodeBlock newBody = RefactoringUtil.expandExpressionLambdaToCodeBlock(lambdaExpression);
+        originalAnchor = newBody.getStatements()[0];
+      }
     }
 
     PsiElement anchor = RefactoringUtil.getParentStatement(originalAnchor, false);