diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/imports/PythonReferenceImporter.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/imports/PythonReferenceImporter.java
index 8baf23991d82..1bd3a88d43f7 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/imports/PythonReferenceImporter.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/imports/PythonReferenceImporter.java
@@ -166,7 +166,10 @@ public class PythonReferenceImporter implements ReferenceImporter {
                                              PsiElement source) {
     PsiElement sourceFile = PyUtil.turnDirIntoInit(source);
     if (sourceFile instanceof PyFileImpl) {
-      seenFileNames.add(importElement.getImportReferenceExpression().getReferencedName());
+      PyReferenceExpression importReferenceExpression = importElement.getImportReferenceExpression();
+      if (importReferenceExpression != null) {
+        seenFileNames.add(importReferenceExpression.getReferencedName());
+      }
       PyFileImpl importSourceFile = (PyFileImpl)sourceFile;
       PsiElement res = importSourceFile.findExportedName(refText);
       // allow importing from this source if it either declares the name itself or represents a higher-level package that reexports the name