diff --git a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/ui/configuration/classpath/ChangeLibraryLevelActionBase.java b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/ui/configuration/classpath/ChangeLibraryLevelActionBase.java
index 02bf1a8bd452..37d134b20f5d 100644
--- a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/ui/configuration/classpath/ChangeLibraryLevelActionBase.java
+++ b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/openapi/roots/ui/configuration/classpath/ChangeLibraryLevelActionBase.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.LocalFileSystem;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.newvfs.ArchiveFileSystem;
 import com.intellij.util.PathUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -94,7 +95,9 @@ public abstract class ChangeLibraryLevelActionBase extends AnAction {
     if (targetDirectoryPath != null) {
       for (OrderRootType type : OrderRootType.getAllTypes()) {
         for (VirtualFile root : library.getFiles(type)) {
-          fileToCopy.add(VfsUtil.virtualToIoFile(PathUtil.getLocalFile(root)));
+          if (root.isInLocalFileSystem() || root.getFileSystem() instanceof ArchiveFileSystem) {
+            fileToCopy.add(VfsUtil.virtualToIoFile(PathUtil.getLocalFile(root)));
+          }
         }
       }
       if (!copyOrMoveFiles(fileToCopy, targetDirectoryPath, copiedFiles)) {