diff --git a/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/src/com/siyeh/ipp/constant/ConstantSubexpressionPredicate.java b/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/src/com/siyeh/ipp/constant/ConstantSubexpressionPredicate.java
index 352f6fe6cc7e..c5fe1fda3556 100644
--- a/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/src/com/siyeh/ipp/constant/ConstantSubexpressionPredicate.java
+++ b/plugins/IntentionPowerPak/src/com/siyeh/ipp/constant/ConstantSubexpressionPredicate.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ class ConstantSubexpressionPredicate implements PsiElementPredicate {
     if (expression.getOperands().length > 2) {
       return true;
     }
-    final PsiElement containingElement = expression.getParent();
+    final PsiElement containingElement = PsiUtil.skipParenthesizedExprUp(expression.getParent());
     if (containingElement instanceof PsiExpression) {
       final PsiExpression containingExpression =
         (PsiExpression)containingElement;