diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/changeSignature/GrParameterInfo.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/changeSignature/GrParameterInfo.java
index 270135255e79..5b81388bc112 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/changeSignature/GrParameterInfo.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/changeSignature/GrParameterInfo.java
@@ -103,8 +103,7 @@ public class GrParameterInfo implements JavaParameterInfo {
   }
 
   public PsiExpression getValue(PsiCallExpression callExpression) {
-    return JavaPsiFacade.getInstance(callExpression.getProject()).getElementFactory()
-      .createExpressionFromText(myDefaultValue, callExpression);
+    return JavaPsiFacade.getElementFactory(callExpression.getProject()).createExpressionFromText(getDefaultValue(), callExpression);
   }
 
   public boolean isVarargType() {
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/changeSignature/ChangeSignatureTest.java b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/changeSignature/ChangeSignatureTest.java
index cfbfa451cb2d..316e605459ff 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/changeSignature/ChangeSignatureTest.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/changeSignature/ChangeSignatureTest.java
@@ -240,6 +240,10 @@ public class ChangeSignatureTest extends ChangeSignatureTestCase {
     doTest(new SimpleInfo("newName", 0), new SimpleInfo(1));
   }
 
+  public void testDefaultInitializerInJava() {
+    doTest(new SimpleInfo("p", -1, "", "1", ""));
+  }
+
   private PsiType createType(String typeText) {
     return JavaPsiFacade.getElementFactory(getProject()).createTypeByFQClassName(typeText, GlobalSearchScope.allScope(getProject()));
   }
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava.groovy b/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7ae2a99dca0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class GClass {
+  public void tes<caret>t() {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava.java b/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5fdb3fed54fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+public class JClass {
+  void doTest() {
+    new GClass().test();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava_after.groovy b/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava_after.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a96448e49cf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava_after.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class GClass {
+  public test(def p = 1) {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava_after.java b/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava_after.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..81b19989d6e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/changeSignature/DefaultInitializerInJava_after.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+public class JClass {
+  void doTest() {
+    new GClass().test(1);
+  }
+}