diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/FSRecordsImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/FSRecordsImpl.java
index c901e7632ae0..1f78d8cd689e 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/FSRecordsImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/FSRecordsImpl.java
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public final class FSRecordsImpl {
 
   public static final boolean USE_FAST_NAMES_IMPLEMENTATION = getBooleanProperty("vfs.use-fast-names-enumerator", true);
   private static final boolean USE_FILE_NAME_CACHE = getBooleanProperty("vfs.name-cache.enable", true);
-  private static final boolean USE_MRU_FILE_NAME_CACHE = getBooleanProperty("vfs.name-cache.use-mru", false);
+  private static final boolean USE_MRU_FILE_NAME_CACHE = getBooleanProperty("vfs.name-cache.use-mru", true);
 
   //TODO RC: must be LOCK_FREE_PAGE_CACHE_ENABLED by default (and eventually just true)
   public static final boolean USE_CONTENT_STORAGE_OVER_NEW_FILE_PAGE_CACHE = getBooleanProperty("vfs.content-storage.use-lock-free-page-cache", true);