diff --git a/idea/ide-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/analysis/AnalyzerUtil.kt b/idea/ide-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/analysis/AnalyzerUtil.kt
index c5cc0673799..f20e6217b80 100644
--- a/idea/ide-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/analysis/AnalyzerUtil.kt
+++ b/idea/ide-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/analysis/AnalyzerUtil.kt
@@ -17,11 +17,16 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.getResolutionFacade
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.resolve.ResolutionFacade
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.resolve.frontendService
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.util.getResolutionScope
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingTrace
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingTraceContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.DelegatingBindingTrace
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.bindingContextUtil.getDataFlowInfoBefore
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.bindingContextUtil.isUsedAsStatement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.context.ContextDependency
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.smartcasts.DataFlowInfo
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.scopes.LexicalScope
@@ -68,3 +73,31 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.expressions.PreliminaryDeclarationVisitor
 ): KotlinType? {
     return computeTypeInfoInContext(scope, contextExpression, trace, dataFlowInfo, expectedType).type
 }
+
+@JvmOverloads fun KtExpression.analyzeAsReplacement(
+        expressionToBeReplaced: KtExpression,
+        bindingContext: BindingContext,
+        scope: LexicalScope,
+        trace: BindingTrace = DelegatingBindingTrace(bindingContext, "Temporary trace for analyzeAsReplacement()"),
+        contextDependency: ContextDependency = ContextDependency.INDEPENDENT
+): BindingContext {
+    return analyzeInContext(scope,
+                            expressionToBeReplaced,
+                            dataFlowInfo = bindingContext.getDataFlowInfoBefore(expressionToBeReplaced),
+                            expectedType = bindingContext[BindingContext.EXPECTED_EXPRESSION_TYPE, expressionToBeReplaced] ?: TypeUtils.NO_EXPECTED_TYPE,
+                            isStatement = expressionToBeReplaced.isUsedAsStatement(bindingContext),
+                            trace = trace,
+                            contextDependency = contextDependency)
+}
+
+@JvmOverloads fun KtExpression.analyzeAsReplacement(
+        expressionToBeReplaced: KtExpression,
+        bindingContext: BindingContext,
+        resolutionFacade: ResolutionFacade = expressionToBeReplaced.getResolutionFacade(),
+        trace: BindingTrace = DelegatingBindingTrace(bindingContext, "Temporary trace for analyzeAsReplacement()"),
+        contextDependency: ContextDependency = ContextDependency.INDEPENDENT
+): BindingContext {
+    val scope = expressionToBeReplaced.getResolutionScope(bindingContext, resolutionFacade)
+    return analyzeAsReplacement(expressionToBeReplaced, bindingContext, scope, trace, contextDependency)
+}
+
diff --git a/idea/ide-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/util/OptimizedImportsBuilder.kt b/idea/ide-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/util/OptimizedImportsBuilder.kt
index a9c97a69cef..ea159d5b709 100644
--- a/idea/ide-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/util/OptimizedImportsBuilder.kt
+++ b/idea/ide-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/util/OptimizedImportsBuilder.kt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.TestOnly
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeInContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeAsReplacement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.analyze
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.getResolutionFacade
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.resolve.frontendService
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.renderer.render
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingTraceContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.ImportPath
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.lazy.FileScopeProvider
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.scopes.ImportingScope
@@ -188,7 +189,7 @@ class OptimizedImportsBuilder(
                     val bindingContext = element.analyze()
                     val expressionToAnalyze = getExpressionToAnalyze(element) ?: continue
                     val newScope = element.getResolutionScope(bindingContext, file.getResolutionFacade()).replaceImportingScopes(newFileScope)
-                    val newBindingContext = expressionToAnalyze.analyzeInContext(newScope, expressionToAnalyze)
+                    val newBindingContext = expressionToAnalyze.analyzeAsReplacement(expressionToAnalyze, bindingContext, newScope, trace = BindingTraceContext())
 
                     testLog?.append("Additional checking of reference $ref\n")
 
diff --git a/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/ShortenReferences.kt b/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/ShortenReferences.kt
index b45c5092237..acc90ac4571 100644
--- a/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/ShortenReferences.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/core/ShortenReferences.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.PostprocessReformattingAspect
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeInContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeAsReplacement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.getResolutionFacade
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.core.ShortenReferences.Options
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.imports.canBeReferencedViaImport
@@ -432,9 +432,8 @@ class ShortenReferences(val options: (KtElement) -> Options = { Options.DEFAULT
             val varAsFunResolvedCall = callee.getResolvedCall(bindingContext) as? VariableAsFunctionResolvedCall
             if (targets.isEmpty()) return Skip
 
-            val scope = element.getResolutionScope(bindingContext, resolutionFacade)
             val selectorCopy = selector.copy() as KtReferenceExpression
-            val newContext = selectorCopy.analyzeInContext(scope, selector)
+            val newContext = selectorCopy.analyzeAsReplacement(element, bindingContext, resolutionFacade)
             val newCallee = selectorCopy.getCalleeExpressionIfAny() as KtReferenceExpression
             val targetsWhenShort = newCallee.targets(newContext)
             val varAsFunResolvedCallWhenShort = newCallee.getResolvedCall(newContext) as? VariableAsFunctionResolvedCall
@@ -505,8 +504,7 @@ class ShortenReferences(val options: (KtElement) -> Options = { Options.DEFAULT
 
         override fun analyzeQualifiedElement(element: KtThisExpression, bindingContext: BindingContext): AnalyzeQualifiedElementResult {
             val targetBefore = element.instanceReference.targets(bindingContext).singleOrNull() ?: return Skip
-            val scope = element.getResolutionScope(bindingContext, resolutionFacade)
-            val newContext = simpleThis.analyzeInContext(scope, element)
+            val newContext = simpleThis.analyzeAsReplacement(element, bindingContext, resolutionFacade)
             val targetAfter = simpleThis.instanceReference.targets(newContext).singleOrNull()
             return if (targetBefore == targetAfter) ShortenNow else Skip
         }
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/AddForLoopIndicesIntention.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/AddForLoopIndicesIntention.kt
index 945d17ba8ea..b7b35d1de48 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/AddForLoopIndicesIntention.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/AddForLoopIndicesIntention.kt
@@ -21,11 +21,9 @@ import com.intellij.codeInsight.template.TemplateBuilderImpl
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiDocumentManager
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeInContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeAsReplacement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.analyze
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.getResolutionFacade
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.core.replaced
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.util.getResolutionScope
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.endOffset
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.startOffset
@@ -46,10 +44,9 @@ class AddForLoopIndicesIntention : SelfTargetingRangeIntention<KtForExpression>(
         val resolvedCall = loopRange.getResolvedCall(bindingContext)
         if (resolvedCall?.resultingDescriptor?.fqNameUnsafe?.asString() in WITH_INDEX_FQ_NAMES) return null // already withIndex() call
 
-        val resolutionScope = element.getResolutionScope(bindingContext, element.getResolutionFacade())
         val potentialExpression = createWithIndexExpression(loopRange)
 
-        val newBindingContext = potentialExpression.analyzeInContext(resolutionScope, loopRange)
+        val newBindingContext = potentialExpression.analyzeAsReplacement(loopRange, bindingContext)
         val newResolvedCall = potentialExpression.getResolvedCall(newBindingContext) ?: return null
         if (newResolvedCall.resultingDescriptor.fqNameUnsafe.asString() !in WITH_INDEX_FQ_NAMES) return null
 
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/RemoveExplicitSuperQualifierIntention.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/RemoveExplicitSuperQualifierIntention.kt
index 813e3ddae77..d5fbe1f6d37 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/RemoveExplicitSuperQualifierIntention.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/RemoveExplicitSuperQualifierIntention.kt
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ import com.intellij.codeInspection.CleanupLocalInspectionTool
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.ProblemHighlightType
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeInContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeAsReplacement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.analyze
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.getResolutionFacade
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.inspections.IntentionBasedInspection
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.util.getResolutionScope
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtPsiFactory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtQualifiedExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtSuperExpression
@@ -32,13 +30,9 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.createExpressionByPattern
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.endOffset
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.getQualifiedExpressionForReceiver
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.startOffset
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.bindingContextUtil.getDataFlowInfoAfter
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.bindingContextUtil.getDataFlowInfoBefore
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.callUtil.getResolvedCall
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.lazy.BodyResolveMode
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.ErrorUtils
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.TypeUtils
 
 class RemoveExplicitSuperQualifierInspection : IntentionBasedInspection<KtSuperExpression>(RemoveExplicitSuperQualifierIntention::class), CleanupLocalInspectionTool {
     override val problemHighlightType: ProblemHighlightType
@@ -54,12 +48,9 @@ class RemoveExplicitSuperQualifierIntention : SelfTargetingRangeIntention<KtSupe
 
         val bindingContext = selector.analyze(BodyResolveMode.PARTIAL)
         if (selector.getResolvedCall(bindingContext) == null) return null
-        val resolutionScope = qualifiedExpression.getResolutionScope(bindingContext, selector.getResolutionFacade())
-        val dataFlowInfo = bindingContext.getDataFlowInfoBefore(element)
-        val expectedType = bindingContext[BindingContext.EXPECTED_EXPRESSION_TYPE, qualifiedExpression] ?: TypeUtils.NO_EXPECTED_TYPE
 
         val newQualifiedExpression = KtPsiFactory(element).createExpressionByPattern("$0.$1", toNonQualified(element), selector) as KtQualifiedExpression
-        val newBindingContext = newQualifiedExpression.analyzeInContext(resolutionScope, qualifiedExpression, dataFlowInfo = dataFlowInfo, expectedType = expectedType, isStatement = true)
+        val newBindingContext = newQualifiedExpression.analyzeAsReplacement(qualifiedExpression, bindingContext)
         val newResolvedCall = newQualifiedExpression.selectorExpression.getResolvedCall(newBindingContext) ?: return null
         if (ErrorUtils.isError(newResolvedCall.resultingDescriptor)) return null
 
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ReplaceWithOperatorAssignmentIntention.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ReplaceWithOperatorAssignmentIntention.kt
index d4896510ebb..4f2c63dc4f7 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ReplaceWithOperatorAssignmentIntention.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ReplaceWithOperatorAssignmentIntention.kt
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.Editor
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KotlinBuiltIns
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeInContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeAsReplacement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.analyze
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.getResolutionFacade
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.inspections.IntentionBasedInspection
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.util.getResolutionScope
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.util.psi.patternMatching.matches
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.KtTokens
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtBinaryExpression
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtNameReferenceExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtPsiFactory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.doNotAnalyze
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.bindingContextUtil.getDataFlowInfoBefore
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.lazy.BodyResolveMode
 
 class ReplaceWithOperatorAssignmentInspection : IntentionBasedInspection<KtBinaryExpression>(ReplaceWithOperatorAssignmentIntention::class)
@@ -50,11 +47,7 @@ class ReplaceWithOperatorAssignmentIntention : SelfTargetingOffsetIndependentInt
         // now check that the resulting operator assignment will be resolved
         val opAssign = buildOperatorAssignment(element)
         opAssign.getContainingKtFile().doNotAnalyze = null //TODO: strange hack
-        val resolutionScope = element.getResolutionScope(bindingContext, element.getResolutionFacade())
-        val newBindingContext = opAssign.analyzeInContext(resolutionScope,
-                                                          contextExpression = element,
-                                                          dataFlowInfo = bindingContext.getDataFlowInfoBefore(element),
-                                                          isStatement = true)
+        val newBindingContext = opAssign.analyzeAsReplacement(element, bindingContext)
         return newBindingContext.diagnostics.forElement(opAssign.operationReference).isEmpty()
     }
 
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/loopToCallChain/matchAndConvert.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/loopToCallChain/matchAndConvert.kt
index bdc97b12389..8a5287e6067 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/loopToCallChain/matchAndConvert.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/loopToCallChain/matchAndConvert.kt
@@ -21,21 +21,17 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KotlinBuiltIns
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cfg.pseudocode.Pseudocode
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cfg.pseudocode.PseudocodeUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cfg.pseudocode.containingDeclarationForPseudocode
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeInContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeAsReplacement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.analyze
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.getResolutionFacade
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.intentions.loopToCallChain.result.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.intentions.loopToCallChain.sequence.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.project.builtIns
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.util.CommentSaver
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.util.getResolutionScope
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.forEachDescendantOfType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.DescriptorUtils.isSubtypeOfClass
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.bindingContextUtil.getDataFlowInfoAfter
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.bindingContextUtil.getDataFlowInfoBefore
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.smartcasts.ExplicitSmartCasts
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.calls.smartcasts.ImplicitSmartCasts
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.lazy.BodyResolveMode
@@ -270,9 +266,7 @@ private fun checkSmartCastsPreserved(loop: KtForExpression, matchResult: MatchRe
 
         val callChain = matchResult.generateCallChain(loop)
 
-        val resolutionScope = loop.getResolutionScope(bindingContext, loop.getResolutionFacade())
-        val dataFlowInfo = bindingContext.getDataFlowInfoBefore(loop)
-        val newBindingContext = callChain.analyzeInContext(resolutionScope, loop, dataFlowInfo = dataFlowInfo)
+        val newBindingContext = callChain.analyzeAsReplacement(loop, bindingContext)
 
         var preservedSmartCastCount = 0
         callChain.forEachDescendantOfType<KtExpression> { expression ->
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/loopToCallChain/utils.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/loopToCallChain/utils.kt
index bb25826a3cd..288059216e3 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/loopToCallChain/utils.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/loopToCallChain/utils.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.FunctionDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.VariableDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.DiagnosticFactory
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.Severity
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeAsReplacement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.analysis.analyzeInContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.analyze
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.caches.resolve.getResolutionFacade
@@ -275,11 +276,7 @@ fun <TExpression : KtExpression> tryChangeAndCheckErrors(
 
     performChange(expressionCopy)
 
-    val resolutionScope = block.getResolutionScope(bindingContext, block.getResolutionFacade())
-    val newBindingContext = blockCopy.analyzeInContext(scope = resolutionScope,
-                                                       contextExpression = block,
-                                                       dataFlowInfo = bindingContext.getDataFlowInfoBefore(block),
-                                                       trace = DelegatingBindingTrace(bindingContext, "Temporary trace"))
+    val newBindingContext = blockCopy.analyzeAsReplacement(block, bindingContext)
     return newBindingContext.diagnostics.none {
         it.severity == Severity.ERROR
             && !scopeToExcludeCopy.isAncestor(it.psiElement)