diff --git a/plugins/IntelliLang/java-support/org/intellij/plugins/intelliLang/util/ContextComputationProcessor.java b/plugins/IntelliLang/java-support/org/intellij/plugins/intelliLang/util/ContextComputationProcessor.java
index b37a8e7e361e..b44d61877ca7 100644
--- a/plugins/IntelliLang/java-support/org/intellij/plugins/intelliLang/util/ContextComputationProcessor.java
+++ b/plugins/IntelliLang/java-support/org/intellij/plugins/intelliLang/util/ContextComputationProcessor.java
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ public class ContextComputationProcessor {
     else if (expression instanceof PsiExpression) {
       final SmartList<PsiExpression> uncomputables = new SmartList<PsiExpression>();
       final Object o = myEvaluationHelper.computeExpression((PsiExpression)expression, uncomputables);
-      addStringFragment(String.valueOf(o), result);
+      // in many languages 'null' is a reserved word
+      addStringFragment(o == null? "missingValue" : String.valueOf(o), result);
       if (uncomputables.size() > 0) {
         unparsable.set(Boolean.TRUE);
       }