diff --git a/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/style/GrUnnecessarySemicolonInspection.java b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/style/GrUnnecessarySemicolonInspection.java
index caa820acdcf2..51913e7c1ccb 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/style/GrUnnecessarySemicolonInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/style/GrUnnecessarySemicolonInspection.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.tree.TokenSet;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.codeInspection.GroovySuppressableInspectionTool;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.api.statements.clauses.GrTraditionalForClause;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.util.PsiUtil;
 
 import static com.intellij.psi.tree.TokenSet.andNot;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ public class GrUnnecessarySemicolonInspection extends GroovySuppressableInspecti
   }
 
   private static boolean isSemicolonUnnecessary(@NotNull PsiElement semicolon) {
+    if (semicolon.getParent() instanceof GrTraditionalForClause) return false;
     PsiElement next = PsiUtil.skipLeafSet(semicolon, true, FORWARD_SET);
     if (next == null) return true;
     if (next.getNode().getElementType() == mNLS) {
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/style/GrUnnecessarySemicolonInspectionTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/style/GrUnnecessarySemicolonInspectionTest.groovy
index a8a40e1bc168..2fd36afed0bc 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/style/GrUnnecessarySemicolonInspectionTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/codeInspection/style/GrUnnecessarySemicolonInspectionTest.groovy
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ print(a); {->}
     doTest 'for (int i = 0; i < 10;) {}'
   }
 
+  void 'test traditional for without condition'() {
+    doTest 'for (int i = 0; ; i++) {}'
+  }
+
   void 'test class members'() {
     doTest '''\
 class A {