diff --git a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/extractmethod/PyExtractMethodUtil.java b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/extractmethod/PyExtractMethodUtil.java
index 3d49c4f0a960..031ab196e48c 100644
--- a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/extractmethod/PyExtractMethodUtil.java
+++ b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/extractmethod/PyExtractMethodUtil.java
@@ -566,9 +566,6 @@ public final class PyExtractMethodUtil {
     final PyFunction method = builder.buildFunction();
     final PyStatementList statementList = method.getStatementList();
     for (PsiElement element : elementsRange) {
-      if (element instanceof PsiWhiteSpace) {
-        continue;
-      }
       statementList.add(element);
     }
     final PsiElement child = statementList.getFirstChild();
diff --git a/python/testData/refactoring/extractmethod/PreserveWhitespaceBetweenStatements.after.py b/python/testData/refactoring/extractmethod/PreserveWhitespaceBetweenStatements.after.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e0b2cb6130d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/refactoring/extractmethod/PreserveWhitespaceBetweenStatements.after.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class Foo:
+    def bar(self):
+        print('hello')
+
+        <caret>self.extracted()
+
+        return self
+
+    def extracted(self):
+        print('awesome')
+
+        print('world')
diff --git a/python/testData/refactoring/extractmethod/PreserveWhitespaceBetweenStatements.before.py b/python/testData/refactoring/extractmethod/PreserveWhitespaceBetweenStatements.before.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c869513ccec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/refactoring/extractmethod/PreserveWhitespaceBetweenStatements.before.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class Foo:
+    def bar(self):
+        print('hello')
+        <selection>
+        print('awesome')
+
+        print('world')
+        </selection>
+        return self
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/PyExtractMethodTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/PyExtractMethodTest.java
index 9b9a37d5fd59..3afd1ac048ba 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/PyExtractMethodTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/refactoring/PyExtractMethodTest.java
@@ -348,4 +348,8 @@ public class PyExtractMethodTest extends LightMarkedTestCase {
   public void testTypedStatements() {
     doTest("greeting");
   }
+
+  public void testPreserveWhitespaceBetweenStatements() {
+    doTest("extracted");
+  }
 }