diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/pom/event/PomChangeSet.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/pom/event/PomChangeSet.java
index c2247b97c9dc..43a31b07ef7e 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/pom/event/PomChangeSet.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/pom/event/PomChangeSet.java
@@ -22,4 +22,6 @@ public interface PomChangeSet {
   @NotNull
   PomModelAspect getAspect();
   void merge(@NotNull PomChangeSet blocked);
+
+  default void beforeNestedTransaction() {}
 }
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diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/pom/event/PomModelEvent.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/pom/event/PomModelEvent.java
index 1a5df6019d81..cd939f5d94db 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/pom/event/PomModelEvent.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/pom/event/PomModelEvent.java
@@ -89,4 +89,12 @@ public class PomModelEvent extends EventObject {
   public PomModel getSource() {
     return (PomModel)super.getSource();
   }
+
+  public void beforeNestedTransaction() {
+    if (myChangeSets != null) {
+      for (PomChangeSet changeSet : myChangeSets.values()) {
+        changeSet.beforeNestedTransaction();
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/pom/core/impl/PomModelImpl.java b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/pom/core/impl/PomModelImpl.java
index d12268f26967..c7d97baa2df6 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/pom/core/impl/PomModelImpl.java
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/pom/core/impl/PomModelImpl.java
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ public class PomModelImpl extends UserDataHolderBase implements PomModel {
     List<Throwable> throwables = new ArrayList<>(0);
     final PomModelAspect aspect = transaction.getTransactionAspect();
     startTransaction(transaction);
+
+    Pair<PomModelAspect,PomTransaction> block = getBlockingTransaction(aspect, transaction);
+    if (block != null) {
+      block.getSecond().getAccumulatedEvent().beforeNestedTransaction();
+    }
+
     try{
       DebugUtil.startPsiModification(null);
       Stack<Pair<PomModelAspect, PomTransaction>> blockedAspects = myBlockedAspects.get();
@@ -167,10 +173,8 @@ public class PomModelImpl extends UserDataHolderBase implements PomModel {
       finally{
         blockedAspects.pop();
       }
-      final Pair<PomModelAspect,PomTransaction> block = getBlockingTransaction(aspect, transaction);
       if(block != null){
-        final PomModelEvent currentEvent = block.getSecond().getAccumulatedEvent();
-        currentEvent.merge(event);
+        block.getSecond().getAccumulatedEvent().merge(event);
         return;
       }
 
diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/pom/tree/events/impl/TreeChangeEventImpl.java b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/pom/tree/events/impl/TreeChangeEventImpl.java
index d11bda895421..2d70f77cfea2 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/pom/tree/events/impl/TreeChangeEventImpl.java
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/pom/tree/events/impl/TreeChangeEventImpl.java
@@ -152,6 +152,15 @@ public class TreeChangeEventImpl implements TreeChangeEvent{
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void beforeNestedTransaction() {
+    // compute changes and remember them, to prevent lazy computation to happen in another transaction
+    // when more changes might have occurred but shouldn't count in this transaction 
+    for (TreeChangeImpl change : myChangedElements.values()) {
+      change.getAffectedChildren(); 
+    }
+  }
+
   public String toString() {
     return new ArrayList<>(myChangedElements.values()).toString();
   }
diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/psi/impl/PsiEventConsistencyTest.kt b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/psi/impl/PsiEventConsistencyTest.kt
index e057ba0fab2a..5570284cc8b1 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/psi/impl/PsiEventConsistencyTest.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/psi/impl/PsiEventConsistencyTest.kt
@@ -26,17 +26,39 @@ class PsiEventConsistencyTest : LightPlatformCodeInsightFixtureTestCase() {
     WriteCommandAction.runWriteCommandAction(project) {
       // prepare
       val root = createEmptyFile().node
-      root.replaceChild(root.firstChildNode, createComposite(compositeTypes[0], listOf(createLeaf(leafTypes[0], "d"))))
+      root.replaceChild(root.firstChildNode, composite(compositeTypes[0], leaf(leafTypes[0], "d")))
       
       // actual composite change
       ChangeUtil.prepareAndRunChangeAction(ChangeUtil.ChangeAction {
         root.firstChildNode.removeChild(root.firstChildNode.firstChildNode) // remove "d" leaf
-        root.replaceChild(root.firstChildNode, createComposite(compositeTypes[0], listOf())) // replace now empty composite with another one 
+        root.replaceChild(root.firstChildNode, composite(compositeTypes[0])) // replace now empty composite with another one 
       }, root as FileElement)
       assertEquals("", root.text)
     }
   }
 
+  fun `test no excessive change merging between transactions if the second one has also a change higher in the tree`() {
+    val file = createEmptyFile()
+    WriteCommandAction.runWriteCommandAction(project) {
+      //prepare
+      val root = file.node as FileElement
+      root.addChild(composite(compositeTypes[0], leaf(leafTypes[0], "a")), root.firstChildNode)
+      
+      ChangeUtil.prepareAndRunChangeAction(ChangeUtil.ChangeAction {
+        // change in root child
+        root.firstChildNode.replaceChild(root.firstChildNode.firstChildNode, leaf(leafTypes[0], "b"))
+        ChangeUtil.prepareAndRunChangeAction(ChangeUtil.ChangeAction {
+          // change in root
+          root.removeChild(root.lastChildNode)
+          // change in the same root child as above
+          root.firstChildNode.addChild(leaf(leafTypes[0], "c"), null)
+        }, root)
+      }, root)
+      assertEquals("bc", root.text)
+      assertEquals(root.text, file.viewProvider.document!!.text)
+    }
+  }
+
   fun testPsiDocSynchronization() {
     PropertyChecker.forAll(commands).shouldHold { cmd ->
       runCommand(cmd)
@@ -122,10 +144,10 @@ class PsiEventConsistencyTest : LightPlatformCodeInsightFixtureTestCase() {
   private val compositeTypes = IntStreamEx.range(1, 5).mapToObj { i -> IElementType("Composite" + i, null) }.toList()
 
   private val leaves = Generator.zipWith(Generator.sampledFrom(leafTypes), Generator.asciiLetters()) { type, c ->
-    createLeaf(type, c.toString())
+    leaf(type, c.toString())
   }
 
-  private fun createLeaf(type: IElementType, text: String): TreeElement {
+  private fun leaf(type: IElementType, text: String): TreeElement {
     return withDummyHolder(object : LeafPsiElement(type, text) {
       override fun toString() = text
     })
@@ -133,11 +155,11 @@ class PsiEventConsistencyTest : LightPlatformCodeInsightFixtureTestCase() {
 
   private val composites : Generator<TreeElement> = Generator.sampledFrom(compositeTypes).flatMap { type ->
     Generator.listsOf(IntDistribution.uniform(0, 5), nodes).map { children ->
-      createComposite(type, children)
+      composite(type, *children.toTypedArray())
     }
   }
 
-  private fun createComposite(type: IElementType, children: List<TreeElement>): TreeElement {
+  private fun composite(type: IElementType, vararg children: TreeElement): TreeElement {
     val composite = withDummyHolder(object : CompositePsiElement(type) {
       override fun toString() = getChildren(null).asList().toString()
     })