diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/OverflowingLoopIndexInspection.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/OverflowingLoopIndexInspection.java
index a4b7dd8dd73d..2ac1bb3a8422 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/OverflowingLoopIndexInspection.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/OverflowingLoopIndexInspection.java
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@ public class OverflowingLoopIndexInspection extends AbstractBaseJavaLocalInspect
       boolean negative = number.longValue() < 0;
       IElementType op = assignment.getOperationTokenType();
       if (conditionType == ConditionType.VarGreater) {
-        return op == JavaTokenType.PLUSEQ || (op == JavaTokenType.MINUSEQ && negative);
+        return (op == JavaTokenType.PLUSEQ && !negative) || (op == JavaTokenType.MINUSEQ && negative);
       } else {
-        return op == JavaTokenType.MINUSEQ || (op == JavaTokenType.PLUSEQ && negative);
+        return (op == JavaTokenType.MINUSEQ && !negative) || (op == JavaTokenType.PLUSEQ && negative);
       }
     }
     return false;
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/overflowingLoop/OverflowingLoop.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/overflowingLoop/OverflowingLoop.java
index 4a30f5fc7a34..c156c62fdfbd 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/overflowingLoop/OverflowingLoop.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/overflowingLoop/OverflowingLoop.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class OverflowingLoop {
   }
 
   void minusEqAddNegative(int s) {
-    <warning descr="Loop executes zero or billions times">for</warning> (int i = s; i > 12; i += -12) {
+    for (int i = s; i > 12; i += -12) {
       System.out.println(i + 23);
     }
   }
@@ -61,4 +61,10 @@ public class OverflowingLoop {
       i+= 100;
     }
   }
+
+  void minusEqMinus(int s) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i -=- 1) {
+      System.out.println("asdsakdj");
+    }
+  }
 }