diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/ActionManagerImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/ActionManagerImpl.java
index e2149c046e52..2c2b8766bb39 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/ActionManagerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/ActionManagerImpl.java
@@ -776,6 +776,7 @@ public final class ActionManagerImpl extends ActionManagerEx implements Disposab
 
   private void processReferenceNode(final Element element, final PluginId pluginId) {
     final AnAction action = processReferenceElement(element, pluginId);
+    if (action == null) return;
 
     for (Element child : element.getChildren()) {
       if (ADD_TO_GROUP_ELEMENT_NAME.equals(child.getName())) {