diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/AssignmentExprent.java b/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/AssignmentExprent.java
index 51b0753d8d..4f9b84d6d2 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/AssignmentExprent.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/AssignmentExprent.java
@@ -141,9 +141,10 @@ public TextBuffer toJava(int indent) {
 
       // We must lock the collector: this prevents the retrieval of the cast type name to impact the import list.
       // This is fine as we're only using the cast type name to ensure that it's not the unrepresentable type.
+      boolean lockedImports = DecompilerContext.getImportCollector().isWriteLocked();
       DecompilerContext.getImportCollector().setWriteLocked(true);
       String castName = ExprProcessor.getCastTypeName(leftType);
-      DecompilerContext.getImportCollector().setWriteLocked(false);
+      DecompilerContext.getImportCollector().setWriteLocked(lockedImports);
 
       if (castName.equals(ExprProcessor.UNREPRESENTABLE_TYPE_STRING)) {
         // Unrepresentable, go ahead and just put the type on the right. The lhs (if a variable) should know about its type and change itself to "var" accordingly.