diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/smartPointers/ClsElementInfo.java b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/smartPointers/ClsElementInfo.java
index 8c06af3277db..2e9f7af1bbcd 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/smartPointers/ClsElementInfo.java
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/smartPointers/ClsElementInfo.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package com.intellij.psi.impl.smartPointers;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Segment;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiAnchor;
@@ -47,10 +46,7 @@ public class ClsElementInfo extends SmartPointerElementInfo {
 
   @Override
   public boolean pointsToTheSameElementAs(@NotNull SmartPointerElementInfo other) {
-    if (other instanceof ClsElementInfo) {
-      return myStubIndexReference.equals(((ClsElementInfo)other).myStubIndexReference);
-    }
-    return Comparing.equal(restoreElement(), other.restoreElement());
+    return other instanceof ClsElementInfo && myStubIndexReference.equals(((ClsElementInfo)other).myStubIndexReference);
   }
 
   @Override