diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyNamedParameterImpl.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyNamedParameterImpl.java
index f3b2043003ea..22678d6bc80c 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyNamedParameterImpl.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/psi/impl/PyNamedParameterImpl.java
@@ -165,7 +165,26 @@ public class PyNamedParameterImpl extends PyPresentableElementImpl<PyNamedParame
       PyParameterList parameterList = (PyParameterList)parent;
       PyFunction func = parameterList.getContainingFunction();
       if (func != null) {
-        final PyFunction.Modifier modifier = func.getModifier();
+        PyAnnotation anno = getAnnotation();
+        if (anno != null) {
+          final PyClass pyClass = anno.resolveToClass();
+          if (pyClass != null) {
+            return new PyClassTypeImpl(pyClass, false);
+          }
+        }
+        StructuredDocString docString = func.getStructuredDocString();
+        if (PyNames.INIT.equals(func.getName()) && docString == null) {
+          PyClass pyClass = func.getContainingClass();
+          if (pyClass != null) {
+            docString = pyClass.getStructuredDocString();
+          }
+        }
+        if (docString != null) {
+          String typeName = docString.getParamType(getName());
+          if (typeName != null) {
+            return PyTypeParser.getTypeByName(this, typeName);
+          }
+        }
         if (isSelf()) {
           // must be 'self' or 'cls'
           final PyClass containingClass = func.getContainingClass();
@@ -190,6 +209,7 @@ public class PyNamedParameterImpl extends PyPresentableElementImpl<PyNamedParame
             if (initType != null && !(initType instanceof PyNoneType)) {
               return initType;
             }
+            final PyFunction.Modifier modifier = func.getModifier();
             return new PyClassTypeImpl(containingClass, modifier == PyFunction.Modifier.CLASSMETHOD);
           }
         }
@@ -199,27 +219,6 @@ public class PyNamedParameterImpl extends PyPresentableElementImpl<PyNamedParame
         if (isPositionalContainer()) {
           return PyBuiltinCache.getInstance(this).getTupleType();
         }
-        PyAnnotation anno = getAnnotation();
-        if (anno != null) {
-          final PyClass pyClass = anno.resolveToClass();
-          if (pyClass != null) {
-            return new PyClassTypeImpl(pyClass, false);
-          }
-        }
-
-        StructuredDocString docString = func.getStructuredDocString();
-        if (PyNames.INIT.equals(func.getName()) && docString == null) {
-          PyClass pyClass = func.getContainingClass();
-          if (pyClass != null) {
-            docString = pyClass.getStructuredDocString();
-          }
-        }
-        if (docString != null) {
-          String typeName = docString.getParamType(getName());
-          if (typeName != null) {
-            return PyTypeParser.getTypeByName(this, typeName);
-          }
-        }
         for(PyTypeProvider provider: Extensions.getExtensions(PyTypeProvider.EP_NAME)) {
           PyType result = provider.getParameterType(this, func, context);
           if (result != null) return result;
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyTypeTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyTypeTest.java
index 5d9e84b6b3fc..121f51422725 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyTypeTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyTypeTest.java
@@ -760,6 +760,17 @@ public class PyTypeTest extends PyTestCase {
            "        print(expr)\n");
   }
 
+  // PY-8953
+  public void testSelfInDocString() {
+    doTest("int",
+           "class C(object):\n" +
+           "    def foo(self):\n" +
+           "        '''\n" +
+           "        :type self: int\n" +
+           "        '''\n" +
+           "        expr = self\n");
+  }
+
   private static TypeEvalContext getTypeEvalContext(@NotNull PyExpression element) {
     return TypeEvalContext.userInitiated(element.getContainingFile()).withTracing();
   }