diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/splitDeclaration/afterBroken.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/splitDeclaration/afterBroken.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..70ca52ccbe5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/splitDeclaration/afterBroken.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// "Split into declaration and assignment" "true"
+
+class Foo {
+  {
+    int fieldIndexes;
+      fieldIndexes = getFieldIndexes(Hellonew String[;]{""});
+  }
+  public int getFieldIndexes(String[] columns) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/splitDeclaration/beforeBroken.java b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/splitDeclaration/beforeBroken.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7e3fbb13197d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/java/java-tests/testData/codeInsight/daemonCodeAnalyzer/quickFix/splitDeclaration/beforeBroken.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// "Split into declaration and assignment" "true"
+
+class Foo {
+  {
+    <caret>int fieldIndexes = getFieldIndexes(Hellonew String[]{""});
+  }
+  public int getFieldIndexes(String[] columns) {
+    return 0;
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/psiutils/ExpressionUtils.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/psiutils/ExpressionUtils.java
index 6ae2f163d021..d4ac1a869ba0 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/psiutils/ExpressionUtils.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/InspectionGadgetsAnalysis/src/com/siyeh/ig/psiutils/ExpressionUtils.java
@@ -1662,7 +1662,10 @@ public final class ExpressionUtils {
           return (PsiAssignmentExpression)((PsiExpressionStatement)block.addAfter(statement, declaration)).getExpression();
         }
         finally {
-          initializer.delete();
+          initializer = var.getInitializer();
+          if (initializer != null) {
+            initializer.delete();
+          }
         }
       }
     }