diff --git a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/ReloadClassesWorker.java b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/ReloadClassesWorker.java
index 8f5f1c6b3729..11aa1cbb2379 100644
--- a/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/ReloadClassesWorker.java
+++ b/java/debugger/impl/src/com/intellij/debugger/impl/ReloadClassesWorker.java
@@ -1,18 +1,4 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
+// Copyright 2000-2017 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package com.intellij.debugger.impl;
 
 import com.intellij.debugger.DebuggerBundle;
@@ -268,6 +254,7 @@ class ReloadClassesWorker {
 
     public RedefineProcessor(VirtualMachineProxyImpl virtualMachineProxy) {
       myVirtualMachineProxy = virtualMachineProxy;
+      myVirtualMachineProxy.clearCaches(); // to have up-to-date classByName cache
     }
 
     public void processClass(String qualifiedName, File file) throws Throwable {