diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/resolver/JavaAnnotationResolver.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/resolver/JavaAnnotationResolver.java
index 4deced9d587..55be4353ed9 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/resolver/JavaAnnotationResolver.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/resolver/JavaAnnotationResolver.java
@@ -105,11 +105,7 @@ public final class JavaAnnotationResolver {
         }
 
         // Don't process internal jet annotations and jetbrains NotNull annotations
-        if (fqName.asString().startsWith("jet.runtime.typeinfo.")
-            || fqName.equals(JETBRAINS_NOT_NULL_ANNOTATION)
-            || fqName.equals(JvmAnnotationNames.KOTLIN_CLASS)
-            || fqName.equals(JvmAnnotationNames.KOTLIN_PACKAGE)
-        ) {
+        if (isSpecialAnnotation(fqName)) {
             return null;
         }
 
@@ -146,6 +142,13 @@ public final class JavaAnnotationResolver {
         return annotation;
     }
 
+    public static boolean isSpecialAnnotation(@NotNull FqName fqName) {
+        return fqName.asString().startsWith("jet.runtime.typeinfo.")
+            || fqName.equals(JETBRAINS_NOT_NULL_ANNOTATION)
+            || fqName.equals(JvmAnnotationNames.KOTLIN_CLASS)
+            || fqName.equals(JvmAnnotationNames.KOTLIN_PACKAGE);
+    }
+
     @Nullable
     public JavaAnnotation findAnnotationWithExternal(@NotNull JavaAnnotationOwner owner, @NotNull FqName name) {
         JavaAnnotation annotation = owner.findAnnotation(name);