diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetExpressionParsing.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetExpressionParsing.java
index 2da63a0e2d6..3a99064cff3 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetExpressionParsing.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/parsing/JetExpressionParsing.java
@@ -106,7 +106,9 @@ public class JetExpressionParsing extends AbstractJetParsing {
         COLON_AS(COLON, AS_KEYWORD, AS_SAFE) {
             @Override
             public JetNodeType parseRightHandSide(IElementType operation, JetExpressionParsing parser) {
+                parser.myBuilder.disableJoiningComplexTokens();
                 parser.myJetParsing.parseTypeRef();
+                parser.myBuilder.enableJoiningComplexTokens();
                 return BINARY_WITH_TYPE;
             }
 
diff --git a/idea/testData/psi/ElvisSplit.jet b/idea/testData/psi/ElvisSplit.jet
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1651641d1d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/psi/ElvisSplit.jet
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+val x = 1 : Int?:Any?
+val y = null ?: 1
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diff --git a/idea/testData/psi/ElvisSplit.txt b/idea/testData/psi/ElvisSplit.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1048f76cd2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/psi/ElvisSplit.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+JetFile: ElvisSplit.jet
+  NAMESPACE
+    PROPERTY
+      PsiElement(val)('val')
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('x')
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      PsiElement(EQ)('=')
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      BINARY_WITH_TYPE
+        BINARY_WITH_TYPE
+          INTEGER_CONSTANT
+            PsiElement(INTEGER_LITERAL)('1')
+          PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+          OPERATION_REFERENCE
+            PsiElement(COLON)(':')
+          PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+          TYPE_REFERENCE
+            NULLABLE_TYPE
+              USER_TYPE
+                REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
+                  PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('Int')
+              PsiElement(QUEST)('?')
+        OPERATION_REFERENCE
+          PsiElement(COLON)(':')
+        TYPE_REFERENCE
+          NULLABLE_TYPE
+            USER_TYPE
+              REFERENCE_EXPRESSION
+                PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('Any')
+            PsiElement(QUEST)('?')
+    PsiWhiteSpace('\n')
+    PROPERTY
+      PsiElement(val)('val')
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      PsiElement(IDENTIFIER)('y')
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      PsiElement(EQ)('=')
+      PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+      BINARY_EXPRESSION
+        NULL
+          PsiElement(null)('null')
+        PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+        OPERATION_REFERENCE
+          PsiElement(ELVIS)('?:')
+        PsiWhiteSpace(' ')
+        INTEGER_CONSTANT
+          PsiElement(INTEGER_LITERAL)('1')
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