diff --git a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/search/searches/OverridingMethodsSearch.java b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/search/searches/OverridingMethodsSearch.java
index 5e28ec5e1b77..0c310d11a422 100644
--- a/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/search/searches/OverridingMethodsSearch.java
+++ b/java/openapi/src/com/intellij/psi/search/searches/OverridingMethodsSearch.java
@@ -59,7 +59,12 @@ public class OverridingMethodsSearch extends ExtensibleQueryFactory<PsiMethod, O
   }
 
   public static Query<PsiMethod> search(final PsiMethod method, SearchScope scope, final boolean checkDeep) {
-    if (cannotBeOverriden(method)) return EmptyQuery.getEmptyQuery(); // Optimization
+    if (ApplicationManager.getApplication().runReadAction(new Computable<Boolean>() {
+      @Override
+      public Boolean compute() {
+        return cannotBeOverriden(method);
+      }
+    })) return EmptyQuery.getEmptyQuery(); // Optimization
     return INSTANCE.createUniqueResultsQuery(new SearchParameters(method, scope, checkDeep));
   }