diff --git a/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/InvocationExprent.java b/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/InvocationExprent.java
index 3e7ca0447..4ce8e5172 100644
--- a/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/InvocationExprent.java
+++ b/src/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/modules/decompiler/exps/InvocationExprent.java
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ else if (!bounds.containsKey(from)) {
               start = (newNode.access & CodeConstants.ACC_STATIC) == 0 ? 1 : 0;
             }
           }
-          
+
           Set<VarType> commonGenerics = new HashSet<>();
           ClassNode currentNode = DecompilerContext.getContextProperty(DecompilerContext.CURRENT_CLASS_NODE);
           MethodWrapper methodWrapper = DecompilerContext.getContextProperty(DecompilerContext.CURRENT_METHOD_WRAPPER);
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ else if (!bounds.containsKey(from)) {
                 parents.add(search);
                 search = (search.access & CodeConstants.ACC_STATIC) == 0 ? search.parent : null;
               }
-              
+
               search = newNode;
               while (search != null) {
                 if (parents.contains(search) && search.classStruct.getSignature() != null) {
@@ -812,7 +812,12 @@ else if (instance != null) {
           ClassNode instNode = DecompilerContext.getClassProcessor().getMapRootClasses().get(classname);
           // Don't cast to anonymous classes, since they by definition can't have a name
           // TODO: better fix may be to change equals to isSuperSet? all anonymous classes are superset of Object
-          if (rightType.equals(VarType.VARTYPE_OBJECT) && !leftType.equals(rightType) && (instNode != null && instNode.type != ClassNode.Type.ANONYMOUS)) {
+          if (!leftType.equals(rightType) &&
+            (rightType.equals(VarType.VARTYPE_OBJECT) ||
+              // try to preserve for navigation in certain cases: virtual call on variable
+              (rightType.type != CodeType.UNKNOWN && instance instanceof VarExprent && invocationType == InvocationType.VIRTUAL && !leftType.equals(VarType.VARTYPE_OBJECT))
+            )
+          ) {
             appendInstCast(buf, leftType, res);
           } else if (remappedInstType != null) {
             // If we have a remap inst type, do a cast
@@ -822,10 +827,10 @@ else if (instance != null) {
           }
           //Java 9+ adds some overrides to java/nio/Buffer's subclasses that alter the return types.
           //This isn't properly handled by the compiler. So explicit casts are needed to retain J8 compatibility.
-          else if (JAVA_NIO_BUFFER.equals(descriptor.ret) && !JAVA_NIO_BUFFER.equals(rightType)
-              && DecompilerContext.getStructContext().instanceOf(rightType.value, JAVA_NIO_BUFFER.value)) {
-              buf.append("((").appendCastTypeName(JAVA_NIO_BUFFER).append(")").append(res).append(")");
-          }
+          // else if (JAVA_NIO_BUFFER.equals(descriptor.ret) && !JAVA_NIO_BUFFER.equals(rightType)
+          //     && DecompilerContext.getStructContext().instanceOf(rightType.value, JAVA_NIO_BUFFER.value)) {
+          //     buf.append("((").appendCastTypeName(JAVA_NIO_BUFFER).append(")").append(res).append(")");
+          // }
           else {
             buf.append(res);
           }
diff --git a/test/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/SingleClassesTest.java b/test/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/SingleClassesTest.java
index a67fa6b1d..e886e98ec 100644
--- a/test/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/SingleClassesTest.java
+++ b/test/org/jetbrains/java/decompiler/SingleClassesTest.java
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ private void registerDefault() {
     register(JAVA_21, "TestCastIntersectionJ21");
     register(JAVA_16, "TestRecordLocal");
     register(JAVA_8, "TestAnonymousClassToLambda");
+    register(JAVA_8, "TryToPreserveCast");
   }
 
   private void registerEntireClassPath() {
diff --git a/testData/results/pkg/TestSynchronizedTry.dec b/testData/results/pkg/TestSynchronizedTry.dec
index 48c531412..622ccbf44 100644
--- a/testData/results/pkg/TestSynchronizedTry.dec
+++ b/testData/results/pkg/TestSynchronizedTry.dec
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 package pkg;
 
 public class TestSynchronizedTry {
diff --git a/testData/src/java8/pkg/TryToPreserveCast.java b/testData/src/java8/pkg/TryToPreserveCast.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8feb6264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testData/src/java8/pkg/TryToPreserveCast.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package pkg;
+
+import java.nio.Buffer;
+import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+
+public class TryToPreserveCast {
+    public TryToPreserveCast() {
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+    }
+
+    public void test(ByteBuffer buffer) {
+        ((Buffer) buffer).limit(1);
+        (buffer).limit(2);
+    }
+}
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