diff --git a/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToJKTreeBuilder.kt b/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToJKTreeBuilder.kt
index 9ce03db9dd5..e2ba71fbfbb 100644
--- a/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToJKTreeBuilder.kt
+++ b/j2k/newSrc/org/jetbrains/kotlin/j2k/JavaToJKTreeBuilder.kt
@@ -80,8 +80,8 @@ class JavaToJKTreeBuilder(var symbolProvider: JKSymbolProvider) {
                 JavaTokenType.NULL_KEYWORD -> JKNullLiteral()
                 JavaTokenType.TRUE_KEYWORD -> JKBooleanLiteral(true)
                 JavaTokenType.FALSE_KEYWORD -> JKBooleanLiteral(false)
-                JavaTokenType.STRING_LITERAL -> JKJavaLiteralExpressionImpl(innerText!!, STRING)
-                JavaTokenType.CHARACTER_LITERAL -> JKJavaLiteralExpressionImpl(innerText!!, CHAR)
+                JavaTokenType.STRING_LITERAL -> JKJavaLiteralExpressionImpl(text, STRING)
+                JavaTokenType.CHARACTER_LITERAL -> JKJavaLiteralExpressionImpl(text, CHAR)
                 JavaTokenType.INTEGER_LITERAL -> JKJavaLiteralExpressionImpl(text, INT)
                 JavaTokenType.LONG_LITERAL -> JKJavaLiteralExpressionImpl(text, LONG)
                 JavaTokenType.FLOAT_LITERAL -> JKJavaLiteralExpressionImpl(text, FLOAT)