diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/references/KtPropertyDelegationMethodsReference.kt b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/references/KtPropertyDelegationMethodsReference.kt
index 9974c559bb4..8070756a809 100644
--- a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/references/KtPropertyDelegationMethodsReference.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/references/KtPropertyDelegationMethodsReference.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.references
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.PropertyDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.VariableDescriptorWithAccessors
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.accessors
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtProperty
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtPropertyDelegate
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class KtPropertyDelegationMethodsReference(element: KtPropertyDelegate) : KtMult
 
     override fun getTargetDescriptors(context: BindingContext): Collection<DeclarationDescriptor> {
         val property = expression.getStrictParentOfType<KtProperty>() ?: return emptyList()
-        val descriptor = context[BindingContext.DECLARATION_TO_DESCRIPTOR, property] as? PropertyDescriptor ?: return emptyList()
+        val descriptor = context[BindingContext.DECLARATION_TO_DESCRIPTOR, property] as? VariableDescriptorWithAccessors ?: return emptyList()
         return (descriptor.accessors.mapNotNull {
             accessor ->
             context.get(BindingContext.DELEGATED_PROPERTY_RESOLVED_CALL, accessor)?.candidateDescriptor
diff --git a/idea/testData/inspections/unusedImport/noUnusedImportForLocalVarDelegate.Dependency.kt b/idea/testData/inspections/unusedImport/noUnusedImportForLocalVarDelegate.Dependency.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e1e8b2f6530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/inspections/unusedImport/noUnusedImportForLocalVarDelegate.Dependency.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package foo
+
+import kotlin.reflect.KProperty
+
+operator fun String.getValue(nothing: Nothing?, property: KProperty<*>) = ""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/idea/testData/inspections/unusedImport/noUnusedImportForLocalVarDelegate.kt b/idea/testData/inspections/unusedImport/noUnusedImportForLocalVarDelegate.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91fbc8d9473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/testData/inspections/unusedImport/noUnusedImportForLocalVarDelegate.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package bar
+
+import foo.getValue
+
+fun foo() {
+    val x : String by ""
+}
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