diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/postfix/templates/PostfixLiveTemplate.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/postfix/templates/PostfixLiveTemplate.java
index d7a3b26e7f8b..586f8769ca21 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/postfix/templates/PostfixLiveTemplate.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/postfix/templates/PostfixLiveTemplate.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2014 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ public class PostfixLiveTemplate extends CustomLiveTemplateBase {
       newContext = addSemicolonIfNeeded(editor, editor.getDocument(), newContext, currentOffset - key.length());
       expandTemplate(template, editor, newContext);
     }
-    else {
+    // don't care about errors in multiCaret mode
+    else if (editor.getCaretModel().getAllCarets().size() == 1) {
       LOG.error("Template not found by key: " + key);
     }
   }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/template/postfix/completion/multiCaret.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/template/postfix/completion/multiCaret.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e1fb30ae174a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/template/postfix/completion/multiCaret.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class A {
+  Object foo;
+  Object bar;
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+      foo == null<caret>
+           
+      bar<caret>
+           
+      bar == null<caret>
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/template/postfix/completion/multiCaret_after.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/template/postfix/completion/multiCaret_after.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3cc22e3f8eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/template/postfix/completion/multiCaret_after.java
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+class A {
+  Object foo;
+  Object bar;
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) {
+      if (foo == null) {
+          
+      }
+           
+      bar.if
+
+      if (bar == null) {
+          
+      }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/postfix/completion/TemplatesCompletionTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/postfix/completion/TemplatesCompletionTest.java
index 39fd2fbd4f8c..585283316f87 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/postfix/completion/TemplatesCompletionTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/template/postfix/completion/TemplatesCompletionTest.java
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ public class TemplatesCompletionTest extends CompletionAutoPopupTestCase {
     checkResultByFile();
   }
 
+  public void testMultiCaret() {
+    doCompleteTest(".if", '\t');
+  }
+  
   @Override
   protected String getBasePath() {
     return JavaTestUtil.getRelativeJavaTestDataPath() + "/codeInsight/template/postfix/completion";