diff --git a/java/debugger/openapi/resources/messages/JavaDebuggerBundle.properties b/java/debugger/openapi/resources/messages/JavaDebuggerBundle.properties
index cbd7a29ea865..b98ab64de644 100644
--- a/java/debugger/openapi/resources/messages/JavaDebuggerBundle.properties
+++ b/java/debugger/openapi/resources/messages/JavaDebuggerBundle.properties
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ evaluation.error.sources.out.of.sync=Sources do not correspond to code being exe
 evaluation.error.cannot.find.stackframe.source=Cannot find source class for current stack frame
 evaluation.error.cannot.find.source=Cannot find source class for {0}
 evaluation.error.object.collected=Object has been collected
+evaluation.error.exception.collected=<Cause unknown as the exception has been collected>
 evaluation.error.thread.collected=Thread has been collected
 evaluation.error.array.collected=Array has been collected
 evaluation.error.thread.resumed=Thread has been resumed
diff --git a/java/debugger/openapi/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/evaluation/EvaluateExceptionUtil.java b/java/debugger/openapi/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/evaluation/EvaluateExceptionUtil.java
index ad6fcee5eb02..176ae201fb82 100644
--- a/java/debugger/openapi/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/evaluation/EvaluateExceptionUtil.java
+++ b/java/debugger/openapi/src/com/intellij/debugger/engine/evaluation/EvaluateExceptionUtil.java
@@ -75,7 +75,12 @@ public final class EvaluateExceptionUtil {
       return JavaDebuggerBundle.message("evaluation.error.object.collected");
     }
     else if (th instanceof InvocationException invocationException) {
-      return JavaDebuggerBundle.message("evaluation.error.method.exception", invocationException.exception().referenceType().name());
+      try {
+        return JavaDebuggerBundle.message("evaluation.error.method.exception", invocationException.exception().referenceType().name());
+      }
+      catch (ObjectCollectedException e) {
+        return JavaDebuggerBundle.message("evaluation.error.exception.collected");
+      }
     }
     else if (th instanceof EvaluateException) {
       return th.getMessage();