diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/IdeFrameImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/IdeFrameImpl.java
index 37403ef3f1e7..5ef3b4d0e82f 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/IdeFrameImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/IdeFrameImpl.java
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ public class IdeFrameImpl extends JFrame implements IdeFrame, DataProvider {
 
     InsertOverwritePanel insertOverwritePanel = null;
     if (!SystemInfo.isMac) {
-      insertOverwritePanel = new InsertOverwritePanel();
+      insertOverwritePanel = new InsertOverwritePanel(project);
       statusBar.addWidget(insertOverwritePanel, "after Encoding");
       statusBar.addWidget(readOnlyAttributePanel, "after InsertOverwrite");
     } else {
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/EditorBasedWidget.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/EditorBasedWidget.java
index e3e9348cadf9..69ed687f612b 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/EditorBasedWidget.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/EditorBasedWidget.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 public abstract class EditorBasedWidget extends FileEditorManagerAdapter implements StatusBarWidget {
 
   protected StatusBar myStatusBar;
-  protected Project myProject;
+  private Project myProject;
 
   protected MessageBusConnection myConnection;
 
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ public abstract class EditorBasedWidget extends FileEditorManagerAdapter impleme
     myConnection.subscribe(FileEditorManagerListener.FILE_EDITOR_MANAGER, this);
   }
 
-  protected EditorBasedWidget() {
-  }
-
   @Nullable
   protected final Editor getEditor() {
     final Project project = getProject();
@@ -55,7 +52,7 @@ public abstract class EditorBasedWidget extends FileEditorManagerAdapter impleme
 
     if (project == null) return null;
 
-    DockContainer c = DockManager.getInstance(myProject).getContainerFor(myStatusBar.getComponent());
+    DockContainer c = DockManager.getInstance(project).getContainerFor(myStatusBar.getComponent());
     EditorsSplitters splitters = null;
     if (c instanceof DockableEditorTabbedContainer) {
       splitters = ((DockableEditorTabbedContainer)c).getSplitters();
@@ -99,13 +96,7 @@ public abstract class EditorBasedWidget extends FileEditorManagerAdapter impleme
 
   @Nullable
   protected final Project getProject() {
-    if (myProject != null) return myProject;
-
-    if (myStatusBar != null && myStatusBar.getFrame() != null) {
-      return myStatusBar.getFrame().getProject();
-    } else {
-      return null;
-    }
+    return myProject;
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/InsertOverwritePanel.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/InsertOverwritePanel.java
index 8ca63ae949b3..9ddd88d6db53 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/InsertOverwritePanel.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/wm/impl/status/InsertOverwritePanel.java
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@ import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
  */
 public class InsertOverwritePanel extends EditorBasedWidget implements StatusBarWidget.Multiframe, StatusBarWidget.TextPresentation {
 
+  public InsertOverwritePanel(Project project) {
+    super(project);
+  }
+
   @NotNull
   public String ID() {
     return "InsertOverwrite";
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ public class InsertOverwritePanel extends EditorBasedWidget implements StatusBar
 
   @Override
   public StatusBarWidget copy() {
-    return new InsertOverwritePanel();
+    return new InsertOverwritePanel(getProject());
   }