diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/editorActions/ReferenceTransferableData.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/editorActions/ReferenceTransferableData.java
index d5fe437974e3..637e102e0691 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/editorActions/ReferenceTransferableData.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/editorActions/ReferenceTransferableData.java
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ public class ReferenceTransferableData implements TextBlockTransferableData, Clo
       catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
         return null;
       }
+      catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+        return null;
+      }
       return ourFlavor;
     }
   }
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/editorActions/FoldingTransferableData.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/editorActions/FoldingTransferableData.java
index 6225bae2f458..e42037eec201 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/editorActions/FoldingTransferableData.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/editorActions/FoldingTransferableData.java
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ public class FoldingTransferableData implements TextBlockTransferableData, Seria
       catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
         return null;
       }
+      catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+        return null;
+      }
       return ourFlavor;
     }
   }
diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/RawText.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/RawText.java
index 4c070ff737e9..5f4ca25828fa 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/RawText.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/RawText.java
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ public class RawText implements Cloneable, Serializable {
     catch (NoClassDefFoundError e) {
       return null;
     }
+    catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
+      return null;
+    }
     return ourFlavor;
   }