diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceVariable/JavaVariableInplaceIntroducer.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceVariable/JavaVariableInplaceIntroducer.java
index ec59238db10c..30b821961683 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceVariable/JavaVariableInplaceIntroducer.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/introduceVariable/JavaVariableInplaceIntroducer.java
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ public class JavaVariableInplaceIntroducer extends AbstractJavaInplaceIntroducer
             final PsiExpression initializer = psiVariable.getInitializer();
             LOG.assertTrue(initializer != null);
             final PsiType type = initializer.getType();
-            if (((PsiReferenceExpression)parent).resolve() == null && type != null) {
+            if (((PsiReferenceExpression)parent).resolve() == null && type != null && !type.equals(psiVariable.getType())) {
               final PsiElementFactory elementFactory = JavaPsiFacade.getElementFactory(project);
               final PsiExpression castedExpr =
                 elementFactory.createExpressionFromText("((" + type.getCanonicalText() + ")" + referenceExpression.getText() + ")", parent);