diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/filters/getters/MembersGetter.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/filters/getters/MembersGetter.java
index 6209d6a9686a..9cb5a212acad 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/filters/getters/MembersGetter.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/filters/getters/MembersGetter.java
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ public abstract class MembersGetter {
 
   public void processMembers(final Consumer<LookupElement> results, @Nullable final PsiClass where,
                              final boolean acceptMethods, final boolean searchInheritors) {
-    if (where == null) return;
+    if (where == null || CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_STRING.equals(where.getQualifiedName())) return;
 
     final boolean searchFactoryMethods = searchInheritors &&
                                    !CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_OBJECT.equals(where.getQualifiedName()) &&
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/SmartTypeCompletionTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/SmartTypeCompletionTest.java
index 795e5d9ab577..7741a09efe0a 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/SmartTypeCompletionTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/SmartTypeCompletionTest.java
@@ -726,8 +726,7 @@ public class SmartTypeCompletionTest extends LightFixtureCompletionTestCase {
 
   public void testDontAutoCastWhenAlreadyCasted() throws Throwable {
     configureByTestName();
-    assertEquals("s", myItems[0].getLookupString());
-    assertEquals("copyValueOf", myItems[1].getLookupString());
+    myFixture.assertPreferredCompletionItems(0, "s", "toString");
     select();
     checkResultByTestName();
   }