diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/rename/RenameKotlinFunctionProcessor.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/rename/RenameKotlinFunctionProcessor.kt
index b50a5e61024..94c62f7b49d 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/rename/RenameKotlinFunctionProcessor.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/rename/RenameKotlinFunctionProcessor.kt
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class RenameKotlinFunctionProcessor : RenameKotlinPsiProcessor() {
 
         val deepestSuperMethods = wrappedMethod.findDeepestSuperMethods()
         when {
-            deepestSuperMethods.isEmpty() -> return
+            deepestSuperMethods.isEmpty() -> preprocessAndPass(element)
             wrappedMethod.isConstructor || element !is KtNamedFunction -> {
                 javaMethodProcessorInstance.substituteElementToRename(wrappedMethod, editor, Pass(::preprocessAndPass))
             }