diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/MacPathChooserDialog.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/MacPathChooserDialog.java
index ff47004c16f9..8b483a8061ad 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/MacPathChooserDialog.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/mac/MacPathChooserDialog.java
@@ -132,6 +132,9 @@ public class MacPathChooserDialog implements PathChooserDialog, FileChooserDialo
     virtualFiles = virtualFileList.toArray(VirtualFile.EMPTY_ARRAY);
 
     try {
+      if (virtualFileList.size() == 1) {
+        myFileChooserDescriptor.isFileSelectable(virtualFileList.get(0));
+      }
       myFileChooserDescriptor.validateSelectedFiles(virtualFiles);
     }
     catch (Exception e) {