diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/inferNullity/NullityInferrer.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/inferNullity/NullityInferrer.java
index da9ae4930d9f..e432f04bf6c9 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/inferNullity/NullityInferrer.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/inferNullity/NullityInferrer.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// Copyright 2000-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.codeInspection.inferNullity;
 
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.Nullability;
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ public class NullityInferrer {
         return false;
       }
     }
-    else if (!variable.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.FINAL)) {
+    else if (!variable.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.FINAL) || variable instanceof PsiParameter && ((PsiParameter)variable).getDeclarationScope() instanceof PsiCatchSection) {
       return false;
     }
     final Query<PsiReference> references = ReferencesSearch.search(variable);
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/nullityinferrer/afterCatchParams.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/nullityinferrer/afterCatchParams.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..697426d6d708
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/nullityinferrer/afterCatchParams.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.*;
+
+public class Infer {
+    static public boolean a(@NotNull String s) {
+        try {
+            return s.length() > 0;
+        } catch (final NullPointerException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/nullityinferrer/beforeCatchParams.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/nullityinferrer/beforeCatchParams.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8437d507f8dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/nullityinferrer/beforeCatchParams.java
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.*;
+
+public class Infer {
+    static public boolean a(String s) {
+        try {
+            return s.length() > 0;
+        } catch (final NullPointerException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/NullityInferrerTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/NullityInferrerTest.java
index 0118752e591b..937a90e7d751 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/NullityInferrerTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/NullityInferrerTest.java
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2017 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.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
+// Copyright 2000-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.java.codeInsight;
 
 import com.intellij.JavaTestUtil;
@@ -94,6 +80,10 @@ public class NullityInferrerTest extends LightJavaCodeInsightTestCase {
   public void testTryEnumSwitch() throws Exception {
     doTest(true);
   }
+  
+  public void testCatchParams() throws Exception {
+    doTest(true);
+  }
 
   //-----------------------fields---------------------------------------------------
   public void testFieldsAssignment() throws Exception {