diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/psiUtil/jetPsiUtil.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/psiUtil/jetPsiUtil.kt
index a10ff664fe5..0041c506a63 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/psiUtil/jetPsiUtil.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/psiUtil/jetPsiUtil.kt
@@ -316,8 +316,8 @@ public enum class ReferenceAccess {
 
 public fun JetExpression.readWriteAccess(): ReferenceAccess {
     var expression = getQualifiedExpressionForSelectorOrThis()
-    while (expression.parent is JetParenthesizedExpression) {
-        expression = expression.parent as JetParenthesizedExpression
+    while (expression.parent is JetParenthesizedExpression || expression.parent is JetAnnotatedExpression) {
+        expression = expression.parent as JetExpression
     }
 
     val assignment = expression.getAssignmentByLHS()
diff --git a/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/readAccess.0.kt b/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/readAccess.0.kt
index aec2493af77..d31ee33818b 100644
--- a/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/readAccess.0.kt
+++ b/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/readAccess.0.kt
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 // OPTIONS: skipWrite
 fun foo() {
     var <caret>v = 1
-    v = 2
+    (@X v) = 2
     print(v)
-    ++v
+    ++ @X v
     v--
     print(-v)
     v += 1
-    v -= 1
+    (v) -= 1
 }
diff --git a/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/readAccess.results.txt b/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/readAccess.results.txt
index 03bb4ee12a0..7ea37e1679d 100644
--- a/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/readAccess.results.txt
+++ b/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/readAccess.results.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Value read (10: 12) print(-v)
 Value read (7: 11) print(v)
 Value write (11: 5) v += 1
-Value write (12: 5) v -= 1
-Value write (8: 7) ++v
+Value write (12: 6) (v) -= 1
+Value write (8: 11) ++ @X v
 Value write (9: 5) v--
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diff --git a/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/writeAccess.0.kt b/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/writeAccess.0.kt
index a4652acb3ff..41c8705f916 100644
--- a/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/writeAccess.0.kt
+++ b/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/writeAccess.0.kt
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@
 // OPTIONS: skipRead
 fun foo() {
     var <caret>v = 1
-    v = 2
+    (@X v) = 2
     print(v)
-    ++v
+    ++ @X v
     v--
     print(-v)
     v += 1
-    v -= 1
+    (v) -= 1
 }
diff --git a/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/writeAccess.results.txt b/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/writeAccess.results.txt
index 4c1c35b7799..f4abeaff074 100644
--- a/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/writeAccess.results.txt
+++ b/idea/testData/findUsages/kotlin/variable/writeAccess.results.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Value write (11: 5) v += 1
-Value write (12: 5) v -= 1
-Value write (6: 5) v = 2
-Value write (8: 7) ++v
+Value write (12: 6) (v) -= 1
+Value write (6: 9) (@X v) = 2
+Value write (8: 11) ++ @X v
 Value write (9: 5) v--
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