diff --git a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/completion/PyFStringLikeCompletionContributor.java b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/completion/PyFStringLikeCompletionContributor.java
index 4dd0e5097b43..5ec0c4c2bea5 100644
--- a/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/completion/PyFStringLikeCompletionContributor.java
+++ b/python/python-psi-impl/src/com/jetbrains/python/codeInsight/completion/PyFStringLikeCompletionContributor.java
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ public class PyFStringLikeCompletionContributor extends CompletionContributor {
 
   private static final PsiElementPattern.Capture<PyPlainStringElement> INSIDE_NON_FORMATTED_STRING_ELEMENT =
     psiElement(PyPlainStringElement.class)
-    .andNot(psiElement().inside(PyStringFormatCompletionContributor.FORMAT_STRING_CAPTURE));
+      .withParent(PyStringLiteralExpression.class)
+      .andNot(psiElement().inside(PyStringFormatCompletionContributor.FORMAT_STRING_CAPTURE));
 
   public PyFStringLikeCompletionContributor() {
     extend(CompletionType.BASIC, INSIDE_NON_FORMATTED_STRING_ELEMENT, new CompletionProvider<CompletionParameters>() {
diff --git a/python/testData/completion/fStringLikeCompletionNotAvailableInStringElementsInSyntacticallyIllegalPosition.py b/python/testData/completion/fStringLikeCompletionNotAvailableInStringElementsInSyntacticallyIllegalPosition.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..adfbf91e56b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/completion/fStringLikeCompletionNotAvailableInStringElementsInSyntacticallyIllegalPosition.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+my_expr = 42
+def '{my_e<caret>'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/Py3CompletionTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/Py3CompletionTest.java
index f8d06d6f0c17..61d5adbc85e2 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/Py3CompletionTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/Py3CompletionTest.java
@@ -472,6 +472,11 @@ public class Py3CompletionTest extends PyTestCase {
     runWithLanguageLevel(LanguageLevel.getLatest(), this::doNegativeTest);
   }
 
+  // EA-232631
+  public void testFStringLikeCompletionNotAvailableInStringElementsInSyntacticallyIllegalPosition() {
+    runWithLanguageLevel(LanguageLevel.getLatest(), this::doNegativeTest);
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected String getTestDataPath() {
     return super.getTestDataPath() + "/completion";