diff --git a/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/editor/ResourceBundlePropertyStructureViewElement.java b/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/editor/ResourceBundlePropertyStructureViewElement.java
index 27c44daba8ff..51cfd24271fc 100644
--- a/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/editor/ResourceBundlePropertyStructureViewElement.java
+++ b/plugins/properties/properties-psi-impl/src/com/intellij/lang/properties/editor/ResourceBundlePropertyStructureViewElement.java
@@ -127,9 +127,11 @@ public class ResourceBundlePropertyStructureViewElement implements StructureView
         if (getProperty().getPsiElement().isValid()) {
           myInspectionPassInfo =
             ResourceBundleEditorInspectionPass.inspect(getProperty().getKey(), getProperty().getPropertiesFile().getResourceBundle());
-          TextAttributes highlightingAttributes = myInspectionPassInfo.getTextAttributes(colorsScheme);
-          if (highlightingAttributes != null) {
-            return TextAttributes.merge(baseAttrs, highlightingAttributes);
+          if (myInspectionPassInfo != null) {
+            TextAttributes highlightingAttributes = myInspectionPassInfo.getTextAttributes(colorsScheme);
+            if (highlightingAttributes != null) {
+              return TextAttributes.merge(baseAttrs, highlightingAttributes);
+            }
           }
         }
         return baseAttrs;