diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/evaluation/DefaultCodeFragmentFactory.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/evaluation/DefaultCodeFragmentFactory.java
index bec0848383fb..053f4448e1d2 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/evaluation/DefaultCodeFragmentFactory.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/evaluation/DefaultCodeFragmentFactory.java
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class DefaultCodeFragmentFactory extends CodeFragmentFactory {
           return null;
         }
 
-        if (parameters.getInvocationCount() <= 1 && JavaCompletionUtil.containsMethodCalls(expression)) {
+        if (parameters.getInvocationCount() <= 1 && JavaCompletionUtil.mayHaveSideEffects(expression)) {
           final CompletionService service = CompletionService.getCompletionService();
           if (service.getAdvertisementText() == null && parameters.getInvocationCount() < 2) {
             service.setAdvertisementText("Invoke completion once more to see runtime type variants");
diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionUtil.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionUtil.java
index a97e1316b6ed..2e168b6291ab 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionUtil.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/JavaCompletionUtil.java
@@ -677,18 +677,19 @@ public class JavaCompletionUtil {
     return ret;
   }
 
-  @Nullable
-  static PsiElement getQualifier(final PsiElement element) {
-    return element instanceof PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement ? ((PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement)element).getQualifier() : null;
-  }
-
-  public static boolean containsMethodCalls(@Nullable final PsiElement qualifier) {
-    if (qualifier == null) return false;
-    if (qualifier instanceof PsiMethodCallExpression || qualifier instanceof PsiNewExpression) return true;
-    if (qualifier instanceof PsiArrayAccessExpression) {
-      return containsMethodCalls(((PsiArrayAccessExpression)qualifier).getArrayExpression());
+  public static boolean mayHaveSideEffects(@Nullable final PsiElement element) {
+    if (element == null) return false;
+    if (element instanceof PsiMethodCallExpression || element instanceof PsiNewExpression) return true;
+    if (element instanceof PsiTypeCastExpression) {
+      return mayHaveSideEffects(((PsiTypeCastExpression)element).getOperand());
     }
-    return containsMethodCalls(getQualifier(qualifier));
+    if (element instanceof PsiArrayAccessExpression) {
+      return mayHaveSideEffects(((PsiArrayAccessExpression)element).getArrayExpression());
+    }
+    if (element instanceof PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement) {
+      return mayHaveSideEffects(((PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement)element).getQualifier());
+    }
+    return true;
   }
 
   public static void insertClassReference(@NotNull PsiClass psiClass, @NotNull PsiFile file, int offset) {
diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/ReferenceExpressionCompletionContributor.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/ReferenceExpressionCompletionContributor.java
index 454fcf02d7b1..b164555b8576 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/ReferenceExpressionCompletionContributor.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/completion/ReferenceExpressionCompletionContributor.java
@@ -274,7 +274,9 @@ public class ReferenceExpressionCompletionContributor {
       }
       if (itemType == null) return;
 
-      final PsiElement qualifier = JavaCompletionUtil.getQualifier(reference.getElement());
+      final PsiElement element1 = reference.getElement();
+      final PsiElement qualifier =
+        element1 instanceof PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement ? ((PsiJavaCodeReferenceElement)element1).getQualifier() : null;
       final PsiType expectedType = parameters.getExpectedType();
       if (!OBJECT_METHOD_PATTERN.accepts(object) || allowGetClass(object, parameters)) {
         if (parameters.getParameters().getInvocationCount() >= 3 || !itemType.equalsToText(CommonClassNames.JAVA_LANG_STRING)) {
@@ -398,7 +400,7 @@ public class ReferenceExpressionCompletionContributor {
     }
 
     final String bracketSpace = getSpace(CodeStyleSettingsManager.getSettings(element.getProject()).SPACE_WITHIN_BRACKETS);
-    if (object instanceof PsiVariable && !JavaCompletionUtil.containsMethodCalls(qualifier)) {
+    if (object instanceof PsiVariable && !JavaCompletionUtil.mayHaveSideEffects(qualifier)) {
       final PsiVariable variable = (PsiVariable)object;
       addToArrayConversion(element, prefix,
                            "new " + componentType.getCanonicalText() +