diff --git a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/JavaDescriptorResolver.java b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/JavaDescriptorResolver.java
index 8ce7e33559e..b3787b5592c 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/JavaDescriptorResolver.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/JavaDescriptorResolver.java
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ public class JavaDescriptorResolver {
 
         JetType varargElementType;
         if (psiType instanceof PsiEllipsisType) {
-            varargElementType = JetStandardLibrary.getInstance().getArrayElementType(outType);
+            varargElementType = JetStandardLibrary.getInstance().getArrayElementType(TypeUtils.makeNotNullable(outType));
         }
         else {
             varargElementType = null;
diff --git a/compiler/testData/readJavaBinaryClass/vararg/VarargInt.java b/compiler/testData/readJavaBinaryClass/vararg/VarargInt.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e0a2b94b28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/readJavaBinaryClass/vararg/VarargInt.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package test;
+
+class VarargInt {
+    void vararg(int... p) {}
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/readJavaBinaryClass/vararg/VarargInt.kt b/compiler/testData/readJavaBinaryClass/vararg/VarargInt.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..93ebbed91d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/readJavaBinaryClass/vararg/VarargInt.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package test
+
+open class VarargInt() : java.lang.Object() {
+    open fun vararg(vararg p0: Int): Unit = #()
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/readJavaBinaryClass/vararg/VarargInt.txt b/compiler/testData/readJavaBinaryClass/vararg/VarargInt.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..11a443c40e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/readJavaBinaryClass/vararg/VarargInt.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+namespace test
+
+open class test.VarargInt : java.lang.Object {
+    final /*constructor*/ fun <init>(): test.VarargInt
+    open fun vararg(/*0*/ vararg p0: jet.Int): jet.Tuple0
+}