diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/RequestHint.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/RequestHint.java
index e3d88c4eeb0e..8d59c3880d4c 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/RequestHint.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/RequestHint.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 public class RequestHint {
   public static final int STOP = 0;
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance("#com.intellij.debugger.engine.RequestHint");
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ public class RequestHint {
           return false;
         }
         final DebugProcessImpl process = context.getDebugProcess();
-        if (!signatureMatches(method, process)) {
+        if (!signatureMatches(method, myTargetMethodSignature.getName(process))) {
           return false;
         }
         final ObjectReference thisObject = frameProxy.thisObject();
@@ -76,18 +74,13 @@ public class RequestHint {
       return true;
     }
 
-    private boolean signatureMatches(Method method, DebugProcessImpl process) throws EvaluateException {
-      final String expectedSignature = myTargetMethodSignature.getName(process);
+    private static boolean signatureMatches(Method method, final String expectedSignature) throws EvaluateException {
       if (expectedSignature.equals(method.signature())) {
         return true;
       }
       // check if there are any bridge methods that match
-      final List<Method> methods = method.declaringType().methods();
-      for (Method m : methods) {
-        if (m == method) {
-          continue;
-        }
-        if (myTargetMethodName.equals(m.name()) && m.isBridge() && expectedSignature.equals(m.signature())) {
+      for (Method candidate : method.declaringType().methodsByName(method.name())) {
+        if (candidate != method && candidate.isBridge() && expectedSignature.equals(candidate.signature())) {
           return true;
         }
       }