diff --git a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/TypeNullability.java b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/TypeNullability.java
index 3006462e94da..b37da5a02541 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/TypeNullability.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-api/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/TypeNullability.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public final class TypeNullability {
   public @NotNull TypeNullability meet(@NotNull TypeNullability other) {
     if (this.nullability() == other.nullability()) {
       if (this.source().equals(other.source())) return this;
-      return new TypeNullability(Nullability.NOT_NULL, NullabilitySource.multiSource(Arrays.asList(this.source(), other.source())));
+      return new TypeNullability(this.nullability(), NullabilitySource.multiSource(Arrays.asList(this.source(), other.source())));
     }
     if (this.nullability() == Nullability.NOT_NULL) {
       return this;