diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/ArgumentTypeResolver.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/ArgumentTypeResolver.java
index dffab71b9c6..ca6cae39d2e 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/ArgumentTypeResolver.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/ArgumentTypeResolver.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class ArgumentTypeResolver {
             @NotNull JetType expectedType
     ) {
         if (actualType == PLACEHOLDER_FUNCTION_TYPE) {
-            return isFunctionOrErrorType(expectedType) || KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isAny(expectedType); //todo function type extends
+            return isFunctionOrErrorType(expectedType) || KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isAnyOrNullableAny(expectedType); //todo function type extends
         }
         return JetTypeChecker.INSTANCE.isSubtypeOf(actualType, expectedType);
     }
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/DataFlowUtils.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/DataFlowUtils.java
index d02bcc0f6d6..5a05a6ccd92 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/DataFlowUtils.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/DataFlowUtils.java
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ public class DataFlowUtils {
     @Nullable
     public static JetType checkImplicitCast(@Nullable JetType expressionType, @NotNull JetExpression expression, @NotNull ExpressionTypingContext context, boolean isStatement) {
         if (expressionType != null && context.expectedType == NO_EXPECTED_TYPE && context.contextDependency == INDEPENDENT && !isStatement
-                && (KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isUnit(expressionType) || KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isAny(expressionType))) {
+                && (KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isUnit(expressionType) || KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isAnyOrNullableAny(expressionType))) {
             context.trace.report(IMPLICIT_CAST_TO_UNIT_OR_ANY.on(expression, expressionType));
         }
         return expressionType;
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/lang/KotlinBuiltIns.java b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/lang/KotlinBuiltIns.java
index 39115ef6bd4..1128453377e 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/lang/KotlinBuiltIns.java
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/lang/KotlinBuiltIns.java
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ public class KotlinBuiltIns {
                && type.getConstructor() == getNothing().getTypeConstructor();
     }
 
-    public boolean isAny(@NotNull JetType type) {
+    public boolean isAnyOrNullableAny(@NotNull JetType type) {
         return !(type instanceof NamespaceType) &&
                type.getConstructor() == getAny().getTypeConstructor();
     }
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/renderer/DescriptorRendererImpl.java b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/renderer/DescriptorRendererImpl.java
index 81b9a494060..d725bbe9332 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/renderer/DescriptorRendererImpl.java
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/renderer/DescriptorRendererImpl.java
@@ -636,7 +636,8 @@ public class DescriptorRendererImpl implements DescriptorRenderer {
 
         if (!klass.equals(KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().getNothing())) {
             Collection<JetType> supertypes = klass.getTypeConstructor().getSupertypes();
-            if (supertypes.isEmpty() || !alwaysRenderAny && supertypes.size() == 1 && KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isAny(supertypes.iterator().next())) {
+            if (supertypes.isEmpty() || !alwaysRenderAny && supertypes.size() == 1 && KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isAnyOrNullableAny(
+                    supertypes.iterator().next())) {
             }
             else {
                 builder.append(" : ");
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/JetPluginUtil.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/JetPluginUtil.java
index 274e19010ec..a5527c2cb0e 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/JetPluginUtil.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/JetPluginUtil.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public class JetPluginUtil {
     }
 
     public static boolean checkTypeIsStandard(JetType type, Project project) {
-        if (KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isAny(type) || KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isNothingOrNullableNothing(type) || KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isUnit(type) ||
+        if (KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isAnyOrNullableAny(type) || KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isNothingOrNullableNothing(type) || KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isUnit(type) ||
              KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isFunctionOrExtensionFunctionType(type)) {
             return true;
         }
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/quickfix/AddFunctionToSupertypeFix.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/quickfix/AddFunctionToSupertypeFix.java
index f565679cb6d..38ae51dc991 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/quickfix/AddFunctionToSupertypeFix.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/quickfix/AddFunctionToSupertypeFix.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class AddFunctionToSupertypeFix extends JetHintAction<JetNamedFunction> {
         ClassDescriptor classDescriptor = (ClassDescriptor) containingDeclaration;
         // TODO: filter out impossible supertypes (for example when argument's type isn't visible in a superclass).
         for (ClassDescriptor supertypeDescriptor : getSupertypes(classDescriptor)) {
-            if (KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isAny(supertypeDescriptor.getDefaultType())) continue;
+            if (KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isAnyOrNullableAny(supertypeDescriptor.getDefaultType())) continue;
             functions.add(generateFunctionSignatureForType(functionDescriptor, supertypeDescriptor));
         }
         return functions;