diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/RemoveRedundantQualifierNameInspection.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/RemoveRedundantQualifierNameInspection.kt
index 1d50bc5da18..c7e92f1abc1 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/RemoveRedundantQualifierNameInspection.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/RemoveRedundantQualifierNameInspection.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElementVisitor
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiMember
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiMethod
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeAsReplacement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.analyze
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ private tailrec fun KtDotQualifiedExpression.firstExpressionWithoutReceiver(): K
     val element = getQualifiedElementSelector()?.mainReference?.resolve() ?: return null
     return if (element is KtClassOrObject ||
         element is KtCallableDeclaration && element.receiverTypeReference == null ||
-        element is PsiMember && element.hasModifier(JvmModifier.STATIC)
+        element is PsiMember && element.hasModifier(JvmModifier.STATIC) ||
+        element is PsiMethod && element.isConstructor
     ) this else (receiverExpression as? KtDotQualifiedExpression)?.firstExpressionWithoutReceiver()
 }
 
diff --git a/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/removeRedundantQualifierName/javaConstructor.kt b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/removeRedundantQualifierName/javaConstructor.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e54538c3899
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/removeRedundantQualifierName/javaConstructor.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// WITH_RUNTIME
+
+import java.util.ArrayList
+
+fun test() {
+    val a = java.<caret>util.ArrayList<Int>()
+}
diff --git a/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/removeRedundantQualifierName/javaConstructor.kt.after b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/removeRedundantQualifierName/javaConstructor.kt.after
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f3b5be855d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/removeRedundantQualifierName/javaConstructor.kt.after
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+// WITH_RUNTIME
+
+import java.util.ArrayList
+
+fun test() {
+    val a = ArrayList<Int>()
+}
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/LocalInspectionTestGenerated.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/LocalInspectionTestGenerated.java
index cd86db4b0e7..37d06e46fff 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/LocalInspectionTestGenerated.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/inspections/LocalInspectionTestGenerated.java
@@ -8139,6 +8139,11 @@ public class LocalInspectionTestGenerated extends AbstractLocalInspectionTest {
             runTest("idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/removeRedundantQualifierName/innerClassWithImport2.kt");
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("javaConstructor.kt")
+        public void testJavaConstructor() throws Exception {
+            runTest("idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/removeRedundantQualifierName/javaConstructor.kt");
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("localFun.kt")
         public void testLocalFun() throws Exception {
             runTest("idea/testData/inspectionsLocal/removeRedundantQualifierName/localFun.kt");