diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/caches/resolve/JavaResolveExtension.kt b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/caches/resolve/JavaResolveExtension.kt
index 1baf2103b85..6bfc09d511e 100644
--- a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/caches/resolve/JavaResolveExtension.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/caches/resolve/JavaResolveExtension.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public object JavaResolveExtension : CacheExtension<(PsiElement) -> Pair<JavaDes
 }
 
 fun PsiMethod.getJavaMethodDescriptor(): FunctionDescriptor? {
-    val method = getOriginalElement() as PsiMethod
+    val method = getOriginalElement() as? PsiMethod ?: return null
     val resolver = JavaResolveExtension.getResolver(method.getProject(), method)
     return when {
         method.isConstructor() -> resolver.resolveConstructor(JavaConstructorImpl(method))