diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/MoveClassesOrPackagesProcessor.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/MoveClassesOrPackagesProcessor.java
index 409e23b7e158..5b508d4e728f 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/MoveClassesOrPackagesProcessor.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/move/moveClassesOrPackages/MoveClassesOrPackagesProcessor.java
@@ -521,6 +521,11 @@ public class MoveClassesOrPackagesProcessor extends BaseRefactoringProcessor {
             }
           } else {
             for (PsiDirectory directory : directories) {
+              if (myMoveDestination.verify(directory) != null) {
+                //e.g. directory is excluded so there is no source root for it, hence target directory would be missed from newDirectories
+                continue;
+              }
+
               oldToNewElementsMapping.put(directory, newDirectories[i++]);
             }
           }