diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/KotlinCopyPasteReferenceProcessor.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/KotlinCopyPasteReferenceProcessor.kt
index 4cc6f32f9d9..59f75ba23f9 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/KotlinCopyPasteReferenceProcessor.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/codeInsight/KotlinCopyPasteReferenceProcessor.kt
@@ -334,8 +334,7 @@ class KotlinCopyPasteReferenceProcessor : CopyPastePostProcessor<KotlinReference
             importHelper.importDescriptor(file, descriptor)
         }
         for ((pointer, fqName) in bindingRequests) {
-            val reference = pointer.element!!.mainReference
-            reference.bindToFqName(fqName, KtSimpleNameReference.ShorteningMode.DELAYED_SHORTENING)
+            pointer.element?.mainReference?.bindToFqName(fqName, KtSimpleNameReference.ShorteningMode.DELAYED_SHORTENING)
         }
         performDelayedRefactoringRequests(file.project)
     }