diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightVisitorImpl.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightVisitorImpl.java
index 248956e9e91b..9302cad27419 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightVisitorImpl.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/impl/analysis/HighlightVisitorImpl.java
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ public class HighlightVisitorImpl extends JavaElementVisitor implements Highligh
   @Override public void visitComment(PsiComment comment) {
     super.visitComment(comment);
     if (!myHolder.hasErrorResults()) myHolder.add(HighlightUtil.checkUnclosedComment(comment));
-    if (!myHolder.hasErrorResults()) registerReferencesFromInjectedFragments(comment);
+    if (myRefCountHolder != null && !myHolder.hasErrorResults()) registerReferencesFromInjectedFragments(comment);
   }
 
   @Override public void visitContinueStatement(PsiContinueStatement statement) {
@@ -519,7 +519,7 @@ public class HighlightVisitorImpl extends JavaElementVisitor implements Highligh
     super.visitLiteralExpression(expression);
     if (myHolder.hasErrorResults()) return;
     myHolder.add(HighlightUtil.checkLiteralExpressionParsingError(expression));
-    if (!myHolder.hasErrorResults()) registerReferencesFromInjectedFragments(expression);
+    if (myRefCountHolder != null && !myHolder.hasErrorResults()) registerReferencesFromInjectedFragments(expression);
   }
 
   @Override public void visitMethod(PsiMethod method) {