diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/execution/filters/ExceptionWorkerTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/execution/filters/ExceptionWorkerTest.java
index 0e296591cb06..e3f99f12315b 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/execution/filters/ExceptionWorkerTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/execution/filters/ExceptionWorkerTest.java
@@ -207,7 +207,9 @@ public class ExceptionWorkerTest extends LightCodeInsightFixtureTestCase {
       "}";
     List<Trinity<String, Integer, Integer>> traceAndPositions = Arrays.asList(
       Trinity.create("Exception in thread \"main\" java.lang.ArrayStoreException: java.lang.Integer\n", null, null),
-      Trinity.create("\tat SomeClass.main(SomeClass.java:5)\n", 5, 12));
+      Trinity.create("\tat SomeClass.main(SomeClass.java:5)\n", 5, 12),
+      Trinity.create("\tat SomeClass.unknown(SomeClass.java:0)\n", 5, 12), // do not navigate: keep previous position
+      Trinity.create("\tat SomeClass.unknown(SomeClass.java:1)\n", 1, 1));
     checkColumnFinder(classText, traceAndPositions);
   }
   
diff --git a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/filters/ExceptionWorker.java b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/filters/ExceptionWorker.java
index e88dafcf9235..4ca84041dc75 100644
--- a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/filters/ExceptionWorker.java
+++ b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/execution/filters/ExceptionWorker.java
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ public class ExceptionWorker {
       virtualFiles = virtualFilesInContent;
     }
     ToIntFunction<PsiFile> columnFinder =
-      elementMatcher == null || myInfo.lineNumber < 0 ? null : new ExceptionColumnFinder(elementMatcher, myInfo.lineNumber - 1);
+      elementMatcher == null || myInfo.lineNumber <= 0 ? null : new ExceptionColumnFinder(elementMatcher, myInfo.lineNumber - 1);
     HyperlinkInfo linkInfo =
       HyperlinkInfoFactory.getInstance().createMultipleFilesHyperlinkInfo(virtualFiles, myInfo.lineNumber - 1, myProject, columnFinder);
     Filter.Result result = new Filter.Result(highlightStartOffset, highlightEndOffset, linkInfo, attributes);