diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/util/TipUIUtil.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/util/TipUIUtil.java
index 86862a8b6d0d..f619212db61d 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/util/TipUIUtil.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/util/TipUIUtil.java
@@ -205,8 +205,6 @@ public class TipUIUtil {
   public static JEditorPane createTipBrowser() {
     JEditorPane browser = new JEditorPane();
     browser.setEditable(false);
-    HTMLEditorKit editorKit = new HTMLEditorKit();
-    browser.setEditorKit(editorKit);
     browser.setBackground(UIUtil.getTextFieldBackground());
     browser.addHyperlinkListener(
       new HyperlinkListener() {
@@ -217,16 +215,23 @@ public class TipUIUtil {
         }
       }
     );
+    HTMLEditorKit kit;
     try {
       // set default CSS for plugin tips
       URL resource = ResourceUtil.getResource(TipUIUtil.class, "/tips/css/", UIUtil.isUnderDarcula() ? "tips_darcula.css" : "tips.css");
-      StyleSheet sheet = new StyleSheet();
-      sheet.loadRules(new InputStreamReader(resource.openStream()), resource);
-      editorKit.setStyleSheet(sheet);
+      final StyleSheet styleSheet = new StyleSheet();
+      styleSheet.loadRules(new InputStreamReader(resource.openStream()), resource);
+      kit = new HTMLEditorKit() {
+        @Override
+        public StyleSheet getStyleSheet() {
+          return styleSheet;
+        }
+      };
     }
     catch (IOException ignored) {
+      kit = new HTMLEditorKit();
     }
-
+    browser.setEditorKit(kit);
     return browser;
   }
 }
diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java
index bbb9900d1a30..a3b12a0753d6 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/UIUtil.java
@@ -72,6 +72,15 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 public class UIUtil {
 
   @NonNls public static final String BORDER_LINE = "<hr size=1 noshade>";
+  private static final StyleSheet DEFAULT_HTML_KIT_CSS;
+
+  static {
+    // save the default JRE CSS and ..
+    HTMLEditorKit kit = new HTMLEditorKit();
+    DEFAULT_HTML_KIT_CSS = kit.getStyleSheet();
+    // .. erase global ref to this CSS so no one can alter it
+    kit.setStyleSheet(null);
+  }
 
   public static int getMultiClickInterval() {
     Object property = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getDesktopProperty("awt.multiClickInterval");
@@ -1906,17 +1915,20 @@ public class UIUtil {
   }
 
   public static HTMLEditorKit getHTMLEditorKit() {
-    final HTMLEditorKit kit = new HTMLEditorKit();
-
     Font font = getLabelFont();
     @NonNls String family = font != null ? font.getFamily() : "Tahoma";
     int size = font != null ? font.getSize() : 11;
 
-    final StyleSheet styleSheet = kit.getStyleSheet();
-    styleSheet.addRule(String.format("body, div, p { font-family: %s; font-size: %s; } p { margin-top: 0; }", family, size));
-    kit.setStyleSheet(styleSheet);
+    final StyleSheet style = new StyleSheet();
+    style.addStyleSheet(DEFAULT_HTML_KIT_CSS);
+    style.addRule(String.format("body, div, p { font-family: %s; font-size: %s; } p { margin-top: 0; }", family, size));
 
-    return kit;
+    return new HTMLEditorKit() {
+      @Override
+      public StyleSheet getStyleSheet() {
+        return style;
+      }
+    };
   }
 
   public static void removeScrollBorder(final Component c) {