diff --git a/plugins/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspections/SpellCheckingInspection.java b/plugins/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspections/SpellCheckingInspection.java
index 731c56c3fbe3..1280993ef337 100644
--- a/plugins/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspections/SpellCheckingInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspections/SpellCheckingInspection.java
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public class SpellCheckingInspection extends LocalInspectionTool {
             if (!processComments){
               return;
             }
-          } else if (!processLiterals){
+          } else if (!processCode){
             return;
           }
         }