diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveInner/MoveInnerProcessor.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveInner/MoveInnerProcessor.java
index a95d6ef78a7f..fb76c4ad7687 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveInner/MoveInnerProcessor.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveInner/MoveInnerProcessor.java
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ import com.intellij.codeInsight.CodeInsightUtilCore;
 import com.intellij.ide.util.EditorHelper;
 import com.intellij.lang.findUsages.DescriptiveNameUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
-import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileEditorManager;
-import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.OpenFileDescriptor;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Ref;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
@@ -38,7 +36,9 @@ import com.intellij.refactoring.listeners.RefactoringElementListener;
 import com.intellij.refactoring.move.MoveCallback;
 import com.intellij.refactoring.move.moveClassesOrPackages.MoveClassesOrPackagesUtil;
 import com.intellij.refactoring.rename.RenameUtil;
-import com.intellij.refactoring.util.*;
+import com.intellij.refactoring.util.ConflictsUtil;
+import com.intellij.refactoring.util.NonCodeUsageInfo;
+import com.intellij.refactoring.util.RefactoringUIUtil;
 import com.intellij.usageView.UsageInfo;
 import com.intellij.usageView.UsageViewDescriptor;
 import com.intellij.util.Function;
@@ -193,8 +193,11 @@ public class MoveInnerProcessor extends BaseRefactoringProcessor {
           PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement parentRef = (PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement)element.getParent();
           PsiElement parentRefElement = parentRef.resolve();
           if (parentRefElement instanceof PsiClass) { // reference to inner class inside our inner
-            parentRef.getQualifier().delete();
-            continue;
+            final PsiReferenceList referenceList = PsiTreeUtil.getTopmostParentOfType(parentRef, PsiReferenceList.class);
+            if (referenceList == null || referenceList.getParent() != newClass) {
+              parentRef.getQualifier().delete();
+              continue;
+            }
           }
         }
         ref.bindToElement(newClass);
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/moveInner/innerInnerClassUsedInTypeParams/after/p/A.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/moveInner/innerInnerClassUsedInTypeParams/after/p/A.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c28a8708f62a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/moveInner/innerInnerClassUsedInTypeParams/after/p/A.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package p;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+abstract class A implements List<A.B> {
+    static class B {
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/moveInner/innerInnerClassUsedInTypeParams/after/p/Main.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/moveInner/innerInnerClassUsedInTypeParams/after/p/Main.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..97a22e77614a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/moveInner/innerInnerClassUsedInTypeParams/after/p/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package p;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Main {
+}
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/moveInner/innerInnerClassUsedInTypeParams/before/p/Main.java b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/moveInner/innerInnerClassUsedInTypeParams/before/p/Main.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3f22633d29f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/refactoring/moveInner/innerInnerClassUsedInTypeParams/before/p/Main.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package p;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+public class Main {
+    static abstract class A implements List<A.B> {
+        static class B {
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/MoveInnerTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/MoveInnerTest.java
index c56ff8219d1f..f0ef6cdbc931 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/MoveInnerTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/refactoring/MoveInnerTest.java
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ public class MoveInnerTest extends MultiFileTestCase {
     doTest(createAction("p.A.E", "E", false, null, false, false, null));
   }
 
+  public void testInnerInnerClassUsedInTypeParams() throws Exception {
+    doTest(createAction("p.Main.A", "A", false, null, false, false, null));
+  }
+
   public void testEnumConstructorVisibility() throws Exception { // IDEADEV-28619
     doTest(createAction("p.A.E", "E", false, null, false, false, "p2"));
   }