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 d0b267ff1744..2a494da35bde 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/inferNullity/NullityInferrer.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/inferNullity/NullityInferrer.java
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ public class NullityInferrer {
     if (variableNeverAssignedNull(variable)) {
       registerNotNullAnnotation(variable);
     }
-    if (variableSometimesAssignedNull(variable)) {
+    else if (variableSometimesAssignedNull(variable)) {
       registerNullableAnnotation(variable);
     }
   }