diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/convertToJava/ExpressionGenerator.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/convertToJava/ExpressionGenerator.java
index 5650f02a4e3e..5c19b4736a8b 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/convertToJava/ExpressionGenerator.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/convertToJava/ExpressionGenerator.java
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.api.statements.typedef.GrAnonymousC
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.api.statements.typedef.members.GrGdkMethod;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.api.types.*;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.expectedTypes.GroovyExpectedTypesProvider;
+import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.expectedTypes.SubtypeConstraint;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.expectedTypes.TypeConstraint;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.GrLiteralClassType;
 import org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.lang.psi.impl.GrRangeType;
@@ -536,7 +537,17 @@ public class ExpressionGenerator extends Generator {
     else {
       value = literal.getValue();
     }
-    if (value instanceof String) {
+
+    boolean isChar = false;
+    for (TypeConstraint constraint : constraints) {
+      if (constraint instanceof SubtypeConstraint && TypesUtil.unboxPrimitiveTypeWrapper(constraint.getDefaultType()) == PsiType.CHAR) {
+        isChar = true;
+      }
+    }
+    if (isChar) {
+      builder.append('\'').append(StringUtil.escapeQuotes(String.valueOf(value))).append('\'');
+    }
+    else if (value instanceof String) {
       builder.append('"').append(StringUtil.escapeQuotes((String)value)).append('"');
     }
     else {
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/convertToJava/CodeBlockGenerationTest.groovy b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/convertToJava/CodeBlockGenerationTest.groovy
index ea8330cc90a1..702bc27a71e6 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/convertToJava/CodeBlockGenerationTest.groovy
+++ b/plugins/groovy/test/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/refactoring/convertToJava/CodeBlockGenerationTest.groovy
@@ -171,4 +171,5 @@ final class Matcher {
   }
 
   void testAsBoolean() {doTest()}
+  void testCharInitializer() {doTest()}
 }
diff --git a/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/convertGroovyToJava/codeBlock/charInitializer.java b/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/convertGroovyToJava/codeBlock/charInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51fa02b7de5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/groovy/testdata/refactoring/convertGroovyToJava/codeBlock/charInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+char c = 'a';
+print(c);