diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/rename/RenameProcessor.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/rename/RenameProcessor.java
index 8eb9835bf35b..0a4c64d81b52 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/rename/RenameProcessor.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/rename/RenameProcessor.java
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public class RenameProcessor extends BaseRefactoringProcessor {
     return PsiElementRenameHandler.canRename(myProject, null, myPrimaryElement);
   }
 
-  protected static void assertNonCompileElement(PsiElement element) {
+  public static void assertNonCompileElement(PsiElement element) {
     LOG.assertTrue(!(element instanceof PsiCompiledElement), element);
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/rename/naming/AutomaticRenamer.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/rename/naming/AutomaticRenamer.java
index 5df576713abd..347ead94393a 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/rename/naming/AutomaticRenamer.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/refactoring/rename/naming/AutomaticRenamer.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package com.intellij.refactoring.rename.naming;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiNamedElement;
+import com.intellij.refactoring.rename.RenameProcessor;
 import com.intellij.refactoring.rename.RenameUtil;
 import com.intellij.refactoring.rename.UnresolvableCollisionUsageInfo;
 import com.intellij.usageView.UsageInfo;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public abstract class AutomaticRenamer {
                          List<UnresolvableCollisionUsageInfo> unresolvedUsages) {
     for (Iterator<PsiNamedElement> iterator = myElements.iterator(); iterator.hasNext();) {
       final PsiNamedElement variable = iterator.next();
+      RenameProcessor.assertNonCompileElement(variable);
       final boolean success = findUsagesForElement(variable, result, searchInStringsAndComments, searchInNonJavaFiles, unresolvedUsages);
       if (!success) {
         iterator.remove();