diff --git a/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/StateSplitterEx.java b/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/StateSplitterEx.java
index 2a4d81e19d8c..aa010f629179 100644
--- a/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/StateSplitterEx.java
+++ b/platform/projectModel-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/StateSplitterEx.java
@@ -54,17 +54,12 @@ public abstract class StateSplitterEx implements StateSplitter {
     boolean isExternalStorageEnabled = filterOutExternalElements && StreamProviderKt.isExternalStorageEnabled();
     for (Element subState : state.getChildren()) {
       if (!isExternalStorageEnabled || subState.getAttribute(EXTERNAL_SYSTEM_ID_ATTRIBUTE) == null) {
-        result.add(createItem(generator, subState, attributeName));
+        result.add(createItem(subState.getAttributeValue(attributeName), generator, subState));
       }
     }
     return result;
   }
 
-  @NotNull
-  protected static Pair<Element, String> createItem(@NotNull UniqueNameGenerator generator, @NotNull Element element, @NotNull String attributeName) {
-    return createItem(element.getAttributeValue(attributeName), generator, element);
-  }
-
   @NotNull
   protected static Pair<Element, String> createItem(@NotNull String fileName, @NotNull UniqueNameGenerator generator, @NotNull Element element) {
     return Pair.create(element, generator.generateUniqueName(FileUtil.sanitizeFileName(fileName)) + ".xml");