diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/FileContentQueue.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/FileContentQueue.java
index 7c2fc2b3193e..81405feff49c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/FileContentQueue.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/project/FileContentQueue.java
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ public class FileContentQueue {
 
     synchronized (myProceedWithLoadingLock) {
       myLoadedBytesInQueue -= result.getLength();
-      myProceedWithLoadingLock.notifyAll(); // we actually ask only content loading thread to proceed, so there should not be much difference with plain notify
+      if (myLoadedBytesInQueue < MAX_SIZE_OF_BYTES_IN_QUEUE) myProceedWithLoadingLock.notifyAll(); // we actually ask only content loading thread to proceed, so there should not be much difference with plain notify
     }
 
     return result;