diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/ArgumentTypeResolver.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/ArgumentTypeResolver.java
index 2bf3abb07ce..2a297d709a6 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/ArgumentTypeResolver.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/ArgumentTypeResolver.java
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ public class ArgumentTypeResolver {
     }
 
     @Nullable
-    private JetType resolveTypeRefWithDefault(
+    public JetType resolveTypeRefWithDefault(
             @Nullable JetTypeReference returnTypeRef,
             @NotNull JetScope scope,
             @NotNull BindingTrace trace,
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/CandidateResolver.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/CandidateResolver.java
index ba66604bb15..d352b9d1204 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/CandidateResolver.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/CandidateResolver.java
@@ -136,13 +136,8 @@ public class CandidateResolver {
                 if (projection.getProjectionKind() != JetProjectionKind.NONE) {
                     context.trace.report(PROJECTION_ON_NON_CLASS_TYPE_ARGUMENT.on(projection));
                 }
-                JetTypeReference typeReference = projection.getTypeReference();
-                if (typeReference != null) {
-                    typeArguments.add(typeResolver.resolveType(context.scope, typeReference, context.trace, true));
-                }
-                else {
-                    typeArguments.add(ErrorUtils.createErrorType("Star projection in a call"));
-                }
+                typeArguments.add(argumentTypeResolver.resolveTypeRefWithDefault(
+                        projection.getTypeReference(), context.scope, context.trace, ErrorUtils.createErrorType("Star projection in a call")));
             }
             int expectedTypeArgumentCount = candidate.getTypeParameters().size();
             if (expectedTypeArgumentCount == jetTypeArguments.size()) {