diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/CheckInitialized.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/CheckInitialized.java
index ab71b944ea51..f0c914de02ce 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/CheckInitialized.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/CheckInitialized.java
@@ -69,8 +69,11 @@ class CheckInitialized implements ElementFilter {
       if (next instanceof PsiAssignmentExpression && parent == ((PsiAssignmentExpression)next).getLExpression()) {
         return Collections.emptySet();
       }
-      if (parent instanceof PsiReferenceExpression && next instanceof PsiExpressionStatement) {
-        return Collections.emptySet();
+      if (parent instanceof PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement) {
+        PsiStatement psiStatement = PsiTreeUtil.getParentOfType(parent, PsiStatement.class);
+        if (psiStatement != null && psiStatement.getTextRange().getStartOffset() == parent.getTextRange().getStartOffset()) {
+          return Collections.emptySet();
+        }
       }
       parent = next;
     }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/variables/SuggestVariablesInTypePosition.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/variables/SuggestVariablesInTypePosition.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..126130adeff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/completion/variables/SuggestVariablesInTypePosition.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class A {
+  int myField;
+  int myField2;
+  A() {
+    myF<caret> initField();
+  }
+
+  int initField(){return 2;}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/VariablesCompletionTest.groovy b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/VariablesCompletionTest.groovy
index 518ff470bbf3..426414f245f6 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/VariablesCompletionTest.groovy
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/VariablesCompletionTest.groovy
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ public class VariablesCompletionTest extends LightFixtureCompletionTestCase {
     assertStringItems("preferencePolicy", "policy", "aPreferencePolicy");
   }
 
+  public void testSuggestVariablesInTypePosition() {
+    configure();
+    assertStringItems("myField", "myField2");
+  }
+
   public void configure() {
     configureByFile(FILE_PREFIX + getTestName(false) + ".java")
   }