diff --git a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/synthetic/idea/AndroidSimpleNameReferenceExtension.kt b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/synthetic/idea/AndroidSimpleNameReferenceExtension.kt
index c2a4d4d04f4..e15d34a1669 100644
--- a/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/synthetic/idea/AndroidSimpleNameReferenceExtension.kt
+++ b/plugins/android-extensions/android-extensions-idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/synthetic/idea/AndroidSimpleNameReferenceExtension.kt
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ class AndroidSimpleNameReferenceExtension : SimpleNameReferenceExtension {
         }
         else if (isLayoutPackageIdentifier(reference)) {
             return if (newElementName.endsWith(".xml"))
-                psiFactory.createSimpleName(newElementName.dropLast(".xml".length))
+                psiFactory.createSimpleName(newElementName.dropLast(".xml".length)).getIdentifier()
             else
-                reference.element
+                reference.element.getIdentifier()
         }
 
         return null