diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/nodes/BlockNode.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/nodes/BlockNode.java
index 9ac9821d4..4945e1482 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/nodes/BlockNode.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/nodes/BlockNode.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import jadx.core.dex.attributes.AType;
 import jadx.core.dex.attributes.AttrNode;
 import jadx.core.dex.attributes.nodes.IgnoreEdgeAttr;
 import jadx.core.dex.attributes.nodes.LoopInfo;
+import jadx.core.utils.BlockUtils;
 import jadx.core.utils.EmptyBitSet;
 import jadx.core.utils.InsnUtils;
 
@@ -86,13 +87,8 @@ public class BlockNode extends AttrNode implements IBlock {
 		}
 		List<BlockNode> toRemove = new LinkedList<BlockNode>();
 		for (BlockNode b : sucList) {
-			if (b.contains(AType.EXC_HANDLER)) {
+			if (BlockUtils.isBlockMustBeCleared(b)) {
 				toRemove.add(b);
-			} else if (b.contains(AFlag.SYNTHETIC)) {
-				List<BlockNode> s = b.getSuccessors();
-				if (s.size() == 1 && s.get(0).contains(AType.EXC_HANDLER)) {
-					toRemove.add(b);
-				}
 			}
 		}
 		if (block.contains(AFlag.LOOP_END)) {
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/trycatch/TryCatchBlock.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/trycatch/TryCatchBlock.java
index 8532db5a6..5fe4e5d4f 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/trycatch/TryCatchBlock.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/dex/trycatch/TryCatchBlock.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import jadx.core.dex.info.ClassInfo;
 import jadx.core.dex.nodes.BlockNode;
 import jadx.core.dex.nodes.InsnNode;
 import jadx.core.dex.nodes.MethodNode;
+import jadx.core.utils.BlockUtils;
 import jadx.core.utils.Utils;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ public class TryCatchBlock {
 
 	private void unbindHandler(ExceptionHandler handler) {
 		for (BlockNode block : handler.getBlocks()) {
+			// skip synthetic loop exit blocks
+			BlockUtils.skipPredSyntheticPaths(block);
 			block.add(AFlag.SKIP);
 			ExcHandlerAttr excHandlerAttr = block.get(AType.EXC_HANDLER);
 			if (excHandlerAttr != null) {
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/BlockUtils.java b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/BlockUtils.java
index c31809c2e..82b66fdbe 100644
--- a/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/BlockUtils.java
+++ b/jadx-core/src/main/java/jadx/core/utils/BlockUtils.java
@@ -72,16 +72,44 @@ public class BlockUtils {
 		return null;
 	}
 
+	public static boolean isBlockMustBeCleared(BlockNode b) {
+		if (b.contains(AType.EXC_HANDLER) || b.contains(AFlag.SKIP)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (b.contains(AFlag.SYNTHETIC)) {
+			List<BlockNode> s = b.getSuccessors();
+			if (s.size() == 1 && s.get(0).contains(AType.EXC_HANDLER)) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Remove exception handlers from block nodes list
+	 */
 	private static List<BlockNode> cleanBlockList(List<BlockNode> list) {
 		List<BlockNode> ret = new ArrayList<BlockNode>(list.size());
 		for (BlockNode block : list) {
-			if (!block.contains(AType.EXC_HANDLER)) {
+			if (!isBlockMustBeCleared(block)) {
 				ret.add(block);
 			}
 		}
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Remove exception handlers from block nodes bitset
+	 */
+	public static void cleanBitSet(MethodNode mth, BitSet bs) {
+		for (int i = bs.nextSetBit(0); i >= 0; i = bs.nextSetBit(i + 1)) {
+			BlockNode block = mth.getBasicBlocks().get(i);
+			if (isBlockMustBeCleared(block)) {
+				bs.clear(i);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Return predecessors list without blocks contains 'IGNORE_EDGE' attribute.
 	 *
@@ -111,18 +139,6 @@ public class BlockUtils {
 		return from.getSuccessors().contains(to);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Remove exception handlers from block nodes bitset
-	 */
-	public static void cleanBitSet(MethodNode mth, BitSet bs) {
-		for (int i = bs.nextSetBit(0); i >= 0; i = bs.nextSetBit(i + 1)) {
-			BlockNode block = mth.getBasicBlocks().get(i);
-			if (block.contains(AType.EXC_HANDLER)) {
-				bs.clear(i);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Check if instruction contains in block (use == for comparison, not equals)
 	 */
@@ -461,6 +477,20 @@ public class BlockUtils {
 		return list.isEmpty() ? Collections.<BlockNode>emptyList() : list;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set 'SKIP' flag for all synthetic predecessors from start block.
+	 */
+	public static void skipPredSyntheticPaths(BlockNode block) {
+		for (BlockNode pred : block.getPredecessors()) {
+			if (pred.contains(AFlag.SYNTHETIC)
+					&& !pred.contains(AType.SPLITTER_BLOCK)
+					&& pred.getInstructions().isEmpty()) {
+				pred.add(AFlag.SKIP);
+				skipPredSyntheticPaths(pred);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Return true if on path from start to end no instructions and no branches.
 	 */
diff --git a/jadx-core/src/test/java/jadx/tests/integration/loops/TestTryCatchInLoop2.java b/jadx-core/src/test/java/jadx/tests/integration/loops/TestTryCatchInLoop2.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e5f7eb7a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jadx-core/src/test/java/jadx/tests/integration/loops/TestTryCatchInLoop2.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+package jadx.tests.integration.loops;
+
+import jadx.core.dex.nodes.ClassNode;
+import jadx.tests.api.IntegrationTest;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static jadx.tests.api.utils.JadxMatchers.containsOne;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+
+public class TestTryCatchInLoop2 extends IntegrationTest {
+
+	public static class TestCls<T extends String> {
+		private static class MyItem {
+			int idx;
+			String name;
+		}
+
+		private final Map<Integer, MyItem> mCache = new HashMap<Integer, MyItem>();
+
+		void test(MyItem[] items) {
+			synchronized (this.mCache) {
+				for (int i = 0; i < items.length; ++i) {
+					MyItem existingItem = mCache.get(items[i].idx);
+					if (null == existingItem) {
+						mCache.put(items[i].idx, items[i]);
+					} else {
+						existingItem.name = items[i].name;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void test() {
+		ClassNode cls = getClassNode(TestCls.class);
+		String code = cls.getCode().toString();
+
+		assertThat(code, containsOne("synchronized (this.mCache) {"));
+		assertThat(code, containsOne("for (int i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {"));
+	}
+}