diff --git a/plugins/groovy/rt/src/org/jetbrains/groovy/compiler/rt/GroovyCompilerWrapper.java b/plugins/groovy/rt/src/org/jetbrains/groovy/compiler/rt/GroovyCompilerWrapper.java
index 6824474b7394..78c9a024710a 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/rt/src/org/jetbrains/groovy/compiler/rt/GroovyCompilerWrapper.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/rt/src/org/jetbrains/groovy/compiler/rt/GroovyCompilerWrapper.java
@@ -248,7 +248,10 @@ public class GroovyCompilerWrapper {
       return ((ClassNode)node).getModule();
     }
     if (node instanceof AnnotatedNode) {
-      return ((AnnotatedNode)node).getDeclaringClass().getModule();
+      ClassNode declaringClass = ((AnnotatedNode)node).getDeclaringClass();
+      if (declaringClass != null) {
+        return declaringClass.getModule();
+      }
     }
     return null;
   }