diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/ConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntention.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/ConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntention.java
index 3df0a3edf390..0ba35edad8bf 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/ConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntention.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/intentions/ConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntention.java
@@ -290,7 +290,10 @@ public class ConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntention extends BaseIntentionAction
       }
     }
     else target.append("(").append(paramText).append(")"); // tuple is ok as is
-    element.replace(elementGenerator.createExpressionFromText(LanguageLevel.forElement(element), target.toString()));
+    // Correctly handle multiline implicitly concatenated string literals (PY-9176)
+    target.insert(0, '(').append(')');
+    final PyExpression parenthesized = elementGenerator.createExpressionFromText(LanguageLevel.forElement(element), target.toString());
+    element.replace(sure(((PyParenthesizedExpression)parenthesized).getContainedExpression()));
   }
 
   private static String getSeparator(PyStringLiteralExpression leftExpression) {
diff --git a/python/testData/intentions/PyConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntentionTest/concatenated.py b/python/testData/intentions/PyConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntentionTest/concatenated.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9ba6589ffc37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/intentions/PyConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntentionTest/concatenated.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+print('<caret>%(quantity)s pounds of '
+      '%(type)s' % dict(quantity=42, type='spam'))
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diff --git a/python/testData/intentions/PyConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntentionTest/concatenated_after.py b/python/testData/intentions/PyConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntentionTest/concatenated_after.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..804f15ca373d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/intentions/PyConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntentionTest/concatenated_after.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+print('{quantity:s} pounds of '
+      '{type:s}'.format(quantity=42, type='spam'))
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diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/intentions/PyConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntentionTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/intentions/PyConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntentionTest.java
index 3dfa4a39bc85..833f71e8452a 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/intentions/PyConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntentionTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/intentions/PyConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntentionTest.java
@@ -38,4 +38,9 @@ public class PyConvertFormatOperatorToMethodIntentionTest extends PyIntentionTes
   public void testUnicode() {
     doTest(PyBundle.message("INTN.replace.with.method"), LanguageLevel.PYTHON26);
   }
+
+  // PY-9176
+  public void testConcatenated() {
+    doTest(PyBundle.message("INTN.replace.with.method"), LanguageLevel.PYTHON26);
+  }
 }
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