diff --git a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/JavaClassSupersImpl.java b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/JavaClassSupersImpl.java
index e80063593d53..db598368ce9b 100644
--- a/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/JavaClassSupersImpl.java
+++ b/java/java-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/JavaClassSupersImpl.java
@@ -42,24 +42,22 @@ public class JavaClassSupersImpl extends JavaClassSupers {
                                                  @NotNull GlobalSearchScope scope,
                                                  @NotNull PsiSubstitutor derivedSubstitutor) {
     if (InheritanceImplUtil.hasObjectQualifiedName(superClass)) return PsiSubstitutor.EMPTY;
-    if (!(derivedClass instanceof PsiTypeParameter)) {
-      List<PsiType> bounds = null;
-      if (superClass instanceof InferenceVariable) {
-        bounds = ((InferenceVariable)superClass).getBounds(InferenceBound.LOWER);
+    List<PsiType> bounds = null;
+    if (superClass instanceof InferenceVariable) {
+      bounds = ((InferenceVariable)superClass).getBounds(InferenceBound.LOWER);
+    }
+    else if (superClass instanceof PsiTypeParameter) {
+      final PsiType lowerBound = superClass.getUserData(InferenceSession.LOWER_BOUND);
+      if (lowerBound != null) {
+        bounds = Collections.singletonList(lowerBound);
       }
-      else if (superClass instanceof PsiTypeParameter) {
-        final PsiType lowerBound = superClass.getUserData(InferenceSession.LOWER_BOUND);
+    }
+    if (bounds != null) {
+      for (PsiType lowerBound : bounds) {
         if (lowerBound != null) {
-          bounds = Collections.singletonList(lowerBound);
-        }
-      }
-      if (bounds != null) {
-        for (PsiType lowerBound : bounds) {
-          if (lowerBound != null) {
-            final PsiSubstitutor substitutor = processLowerBound(lowerBound, derivedClass, scope, derivedSubstitutor);
-            if (substitutor != null) {
-              return substitutor;
-            }
+          final PsiSubstitutor substitutor = processLowerBound(lowerBound, derivedClass, scope, derivedSubstitutor);
+          if (substitutor != null) {
+            return substitutor;
           }
         }
       }
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/lambda/newMethodRef/FreshVariableLowerBoundsDuringSuptypeChecks.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/lambda/newMethodRef/FreshVariableLowerBoundsDuringSuptypeChecks.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..935cf04c6eb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/lambda/newMethodRef/FreshVariableLowerBoundsDuringSuptypeChecks.java
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+
+class Test<K> {
+
+  {
+    Supplier<List<? super K>> s = Test::foo;
+  }
+
+  static <E> List<? super E> foo() {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/lambda/NewMethodRefHighlightingTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/lambda/NewMethodRefHighlightingTest.java
index 2451d8280718..5a2a9368959f 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/lambda/NewMethodRefHighlightingTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/lambda/NewMethodRefHighlightingTest.java
@@ -502,6 +502,10 @@ public class NewMethodRefHighlightingTest extends LightDaemonAnalyzerTestCase {
     doTest();
   }
 
+  public void testFreshVariableLowerBoundsDuringSuptypeChecks() throws Exception {
+    doTest();
+  }
+
   private void doTest() {
     doTest(false);
   }