diff --git a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeActions/ConvertExplicitToImplicitImplementationAction.cs b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeActions/ConvertExplicitToImplicitImplementationAction.cs
index 0cdc005d04..d429d4f829 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeActions/ConvertExplicitToImplicitImplementationAction.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp/Refactoring/CodeActions/ConvertExplicitToImplicitImplementationAction.cs
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.NRefactory.CSharp.Refactoring
 				{
 					var implicitImpl = (MethodDeclaration)node.Clone ();
 					implicitImpl.PrivateImplementationType = AstType.Null;
+
+					// remove visibility modifier, in case the code contains error
+					implicitImpl.Modifiers &= ~Modifiers.VisibilityMask;
+
+					implicitImpl.Modifiers |= Modifiers.Public;
 					script.Replace (node, implicitImpl);
 				});
 		}
diff --git a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeActions/ConvertExplicitToImplicitImplementationTests.cs b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeActions/ConvertExplicitToImplicitImplementationTests.cs
index 5486559e59..13d2cf8b80 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeActions/ConvertExplicitToImplicitImplementationTests.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory.Tests/CSharp/CodeActions/ConvertExplicitToImplicitImplementationTests.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ interface ITest
 }
 class TestClass : ITest
 {
-	void Method ()
+	public void Method ()
 	{
 	}
 }");