diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/lazy/types/LazyJavaTypeResolver.kt b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/lazy/types/LazyJavaTypeResolver.kt
index bdc152ea58e..fdf986519d6 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/lazy/types/LazyJavaTypeResolver.kt
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/java/lazy/types/LazyJavaTypeResolver.kt
@@ -105,7 +105,13 @@ class LazyJavaTypeResolver(
             typeConstructor: () -> TypeConstructor,
             typeParameterIndex: Int
     ) : TypeProjectionBase() {
-        private val typeParameter by c.storageManager.createLazyValue {typeConstructor().getParameters()[typeParameterIndex]}
+        private val typeParameter by c.storageManager.createLazyValue {
+            val typeConstructor = typeConstructor()
+            val parameters = typeConstructor.getParameters()
+            if (typeParameterIndex >= parameters.size)
+                ErrorUtils.createErrorTypeParameter("#$typeParameterIndex for ${typeConstructor}")
+            else parameters[typeParameterIndex]
+        }
 
         override fun getProjectionKind() = typeParameter.getVariance().eq(OUT_VARIANCE).iif(INVARIANT, OUT_VARIANCE)
         override fun getType() = typeParameter.getUpperBoundsAsType()
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/ErrorUtils.java b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/ErrorUtils.java
index 5727f463957..fc6178a5775 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/ErrorUtils.java
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/ErrorUtils.java
@@ -328,6 +328,18 @@ public class ErrorUtils {
         return candidate instanceof ErrorClassDescriptor;
     }
 
+    @NotNull
+    public static TypeParameterDescriptor createErrorTypeParameter(int index, @NotNull String debugMessage) {
+        return TypeParameterDescriptorImpl.createWithDefaultBound(
+                ERROR_CLASS,
+                Collections.<AnnotationDescriptor>emptyList(),
+                false,
+                Variance.INVARIANT,
+                Name.special("<ERROR: " + debugMessage + ">"),
+                index
+        );
+    }
+
     private static class ErrorTypeImpl implements JetType {
         private final TypeConstructor constructor;
         private final JetScope memberScope;