diff --git a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/value/DfaVariableValue.java b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/value/DfaVariableValue.java
index 1ec6a26d440f..45872bc61614 100644
--- a/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/value/DfaVariableValue.java
+++ b/java/java-analysis-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/dataFlow/value/DfaVariableValue.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import com.intellij.codeInspection.dataFlow.Nullness;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Trinity;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.TypeConversionUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.SmartList;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.MultiMap;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -132,7 +133,7 @@ public class DfaVariableValue extends DfaValue {
 
   private boolean hardEquals(PsiModifierListOwner psiVar, PsiType varType, boolean negated, DfaVariableValue qualifier) {
     return psiVar == myVariable &&
-           Comparing.equal(varType, myVarType) &&
+           Comparing.equal(TypeConversionUtil.erasure(varType), TypeConversionUtil.erasure(myVarType)) &&
            negated == myIsNegated &&
            (myQualifier == null ? qualifier == null : myQualifier.hardEquals(qualifier.getPsiVariable(), qualifier.getVariableType(),
                                                                              qualifier.isNegated(), qualifier.getQualifier()));
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/ForeachOverWildcards.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/ForeachOverWildcards.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..152c9eae2e30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/dataFlow/fixture/ForeachOverWildcards.java
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+class Some {
+  void bar2(@Nullable Iterable<? extends String> dirs) {
+    if (dirs != null) {
+      for (String dir : dirs) {
+
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
index 108e2b2e7953..7b40b333a969 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/DataFlowInspectionTest.java
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ public class DataFlowInspectionTest extends LightCodeInsightFixtureTestCase {
   public void testAnonymousMethodIndependence() { doTest(); }
   public void testAnonymousFieldIndependence() { doTest(); }
   public void testNoConfusionWithAnonymousConstantInitializer() { doTest(); }
+  public void testForeachOverWildcards() { doTest(); }
   
   public void _testNullCheckBeforeInstanceof() { doTest(); }
 }