diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
index fc9412cc02ae..0f95577cf2b5 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
@@ -416,9 +416,10 @@ public class FileUtil extends FileUtilRt {
 
   public static boolean delete(@NotNull File file) {
     if (SystemInfo.isWindows) {
-      File tempFileNameForDeletion = findSequentNonexistentFile(file.getParentFile(), file.getName(), "");
-      boolean success = file.renameTo(tempFileNameForDeletion);
-      return doDelete(success ? tempFileNameForDeletion : file);
+      File tempFile = findSequentNonexistentFile(file.getParentFile(), file.getName(), "");
+      if (file.renameTo(tempFile)) {
+        file = tempFile;
+      }
     }
 
     return doDelete(file);
@@ -432,7 +433,7 @@ public class FileUtil extends FileUtilRt {
       File[] files = file.listFiles();
       if (files != null) {
         for (File child : files) {
-          if (!delete(child)) return false;
+          if (!doDelete(child)) return false;
         }
       }
     }