diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.kt b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.kt
index 030bf5c970b..3139bf4e731 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.kt
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/jet/j2k/Converter.kt
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ public open class Converter() {
                     elementToElement(field.getArgumentList()))
         }
 
-        var kType = typeToType(field.getType())
+        var kType = typeToType(field.getType(), isAnnotatedAsNotNull(field.getModifierList()))
         if (field.hasModifierProperty(PsiModifier.FINAL) && isDefinitelyNotNull(field.getInitializer())) {
             kType = kType.convertedToNotNull();
         }
diff --git a/tests/testData/ast/annotations/file/jetbrainsNotNull.kt b/tests/testData/ast/annotations/file/jetbrainsNotNull.kt
index 376befca75c..1639842a602 100644
--- a/tests/testData/ast/annotations/file/jetbrainsNotNull.kt
+++ b/tests/testData/ast/annotations/file/jetbrainsNotNull.kt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package test
 public open class Test(str : String) {
-var myStr : String? = "String2"
+var myStr : String = "String2"
 public open fun sout(str : String) : Unit {
 System.out?.println(str)
 }