diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/CastDiagnosticsUtil.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/CastDiagnosticsUtil.java
index d98906b06cb..178ba33a131 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/CastDiagnosticsUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/CastDiagnosticsUtil.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public class CastDiagnosticsUtil {
         if (typeChecker.isSubtypeOf(supertype, subtype)) return false;
 
         // downcasting to a non-reified type parameter is always erased
-        if (TypeUtils.isNonReifiedTypeParemeter(subtype)) return true;
+        if (TypeUtils.isNonReifiedTypeParameter(subtype)) return true;
 
         // Check that we are actually casting to a generic type
         // NOTE: this does not account for 'as Array<List<T>>'
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/TypeUtils.java b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/TypeUtils.java
index 75826b36f2f..9ab5eb12ad1 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/TypeUtils.java
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/TypeUtils.java
@@ -490,7 +490,12 @@ public class TypeUtils {
         return getTypeParameterDescriptorOrNull(type) != null;
     }
 
-    public static boolean isNonReifiedTypeParemeter(@NotNull KotlinType type) {
+    public static boolean isReifiedTypeParameter(@NotNull KotlinType type) {
+        TypeParameterDescriptor typeParameterDescriptor = getTypeParameterDescriptorOrNull(type);
+        return typeParameterDescriptor != null && typeParameterDescriptor.isReified();
+    }
+
+    public static boolean isNonReifiedTypeParameter(@NotNull KotlinType type) {
         TypeParameterDescriptor typeParameterDescriptor = getTypeParameterDescriptorOrNull(type);
         return typeParameterDescriptor != null && !typeParameterDescriptor.isReified();
     }