diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ManualMinMaxCalculationInspection.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ManualMinMaxCalculationInspection.java
index a6e1c8074c20..8c9af61f5904 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ManualMinMaxCalculationInspection.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/ManualMinMaxCalculationInspection.java
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ public class ManualMinMaxCalculationInspection extends AbstractBaseJavaLocalInsp
       CommentTracker tracker = new CommentTracker();
       PsiStatement thenBranch = model.getThenBranch();
       tracker.text(thenBranch);
+      PsiStatement elseBranch = model.getElseBranch();
+      if (!PsiTreeUtil.isAncestor(ifStatement, elseBranch, true)) {
+        new CommentTracker().deleteAndRestoreComments(elseBranch);
+      }
       PsiElement result = PsiReplacementUtil.replaceStatement(ifStatement, thenBranch.getText(), tracker);
       SimplifiableIfStatementInspection.tryJoinDeclaration(result);
     }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/manualMinMaxCalculation/afterIfWithImplicitElse.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/manualMinMaxCalculation/afterIfWithImplicitElse.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6a4f15ac3236
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/manualMinMaxCalculation/afterIfWithImplicitElse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// "Replace with 'Math.min'" "true"
+class Test {
+
+  public int mymin(int a, int b) {
+      return Math.min(a, b);
+      /*comment*/
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/manualMinMaxCalculation/beforeIfWithImplicitElse.java b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/manualMinMaxCalculation/beforeIfWithImplicitElse.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cf0a55ba4ed6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/inspection/manualMinMaxCalculation/beforeIfWithImplicitElse.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// "Replace with 'Math.min'" "true"
+class Test {
+
+  public int mymin(int a, int b) {
+    if<caret>(a < b) {
+      return a;
+    }
+    return (/*comment*/(b));
+  }
+}
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