diff --git a/idea/idea-completion/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/KotlinCompletionContributor.kt b/idea/idea-completion/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/KotlinCompletionContributor.kt
index 806928bb3f4..90962bdc39f 100644
--- a/idea/idea-completion/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/KotlinCompletionContributor.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-completion/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/KotlinCompletionContributor.kt
@@ -248,16 +248,18 @@ class KotlinCompletionContributor : CompletionContributor() {
         val toFromOriginalFileMapper = ToFromOriginalFileMapper(originalFile, positionFile, parameters.offset)
 
         if (position.node.elementType == KtTokens.LONG_TEMPLATE_ENTRY_START) {
-            val expression = (position.parent as KtBlockStringTemplateEntry).expression as KtDotQualifiedExpression
-            val correctedPosition = (expression.selectorExpression as KtNameReferenceExpression).firstChild
-            val context = position.getUserData(CompletionContext.COMPLETION_CONTEXT_KEY)!!
-            val correctedOffset = context.offsetMap.getOffset(STRING_TEMPLATE_AFTER_DOT_REAL_START_OFFSET)
-            val correctedParameters = parameters.withPosition(correctedPosition, correctedOffset)
-            performCompletionWithOutOfBlockTracking(position) {
-                doComplete(correctedParameters, toFromOriginalFileMapper, result,
-                           lookupElementPostProcessor = { wrapLookupElementForStringTemplateAfterDotCompletion(it) })
+            val expression = (position.parent as KtBlockStringTemplateEntry).expression
+            if (expression is KtDotQualifiedExpression) {
+                val correctedPosition = (expression.selectorExpression as KtNameReferenceExpression).firstChild
+                val context = position.getUserData(CompletionContext.COMPLETION_CONTEXT_KEY)!!
+                val correctedOffset = context.offsetMap.getOffset(STRING_TEMPLATE_AFTER_DOT_REAL_START_OFFSET)
+                val correctedParameters = parameters.withPosition(correctedPosition, correctedOffset)
+                performCompletionWithOutOfBlockTracking(position) {
+                    doComplete(correctedParameters, toFromOriginalFileMapper, result,
+                               lookupElementPostProcessor = { wrapLookupElementForStringTemplateAfterDotCompletion(it) })
+                }
+                return
             }
-            return
         }
 
         performCompletionWithOutOfBlockTracking(position) {
diff --git a/idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/inStringLiterals/EA76497.kt b/idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/inStringLiterals/EA76497.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c9aa92f84e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/inStringLiterals/EA76497.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+val v = "$x.1<caret>"
+
+// NUMBER: 0
diff --git a/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JSBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java b/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JSBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
index 474268df173..d5abf908b3e 100644
--- a/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JSBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
+++ b/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JSBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
@@ -1578,6 +1578,12 @@ public class JSBasicCompletionTestGenerated extends AbstractJSBasicCompletionTes
                 KotlinTestUtils.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadata(this.getClass(), new File("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/inStringLiterals"), Pattern.compile("^(.+)\\.kt$"), true);
             }
 
+            @TestMetadata("EA76497.kt")
+            public void testEA76497() throws Exception {
+                String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/inStringLiterals/EA76497.kt");
+                doTest(fileName);
+            }
+
             @TestMetadata("StringTemplate1.kt")
             public void testStringTemplate1() throws Exception {
                 String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/inStringLiterals/StringTemplate1.kt");
diff --git a/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JvmBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java b/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JvmBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
index 5a1746844b2..2d7d29a54e1 100644
--- a/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JvmBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
+++ b/idea/idea-completion/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/completion/test/JvmBasicCompletionTestGenerated.java
@@ -1578,6 +1578,12 @@ public class JvmBasicCompletionTestGenerated extends AbstractJvmBasicCompletionT
                 KotlinTestUtils.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadata(this.getClass(), new File("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/inStringLiterals"), Pattern.compile("^(.+)\\.kt$"), true);
             }
 
+            @TestMetadata("EA76497.kt")
+            public void testEA76497() throws Exception {
+                String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/inStringLiterals/EA76497.kt");
+                doTest(fileName);
+            }
+
             @TestMetadata("StringTemplate1.kt")
             public void testStringTemplate1() throws Exception {
                 String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("idea/idea-completion/testData/basic/common/inStringLiterals/StringTemplate1.kt");