diff --git a/platform/inspect/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/InspectionProfileLoaderBase.java b/platform/inspect/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/InspectionProfileLoaderBase.java
index add21b492ecf..d7c4892b49eb 100644
--- a/platform/inspect/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/InspectionProfileLoaderBase.java
+++ b/platform/inspect/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/InspectionProfileLoaderBase.java
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.yaml.snakeyaml.parser.ParserException;
 
-import java.io.File;
-
 public abstract class InspectionProfileLoaderBase<T extends InspectionProfileImpl> implements InspectionProfileLoader<T> {
   protected Project project;
 
@@ -26,9 +24,6 @@ public abstract class InspectionProfileLoaderBase<T extends InspectionProfileImp
     if (!YamlInspectionProfileImpl.isYamlFile(profilePath)) {
       return null;
     }
-    if (!new File(profilePath).isFile()) {
-      throw new InspectionApplicationException("Inspection profile '" + profilePath + "' does not exist");
-    }
     try {
       return YamlInspectionProfileImpl.loadFrom(project, profilePath, inspectionToolsSupplier, profileManager).buildEffectiveProfile();
     }
diff --git a/platform/inspect/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/inspectionProfile/YamlInspectionProfileImpl.kt b/platform/inspect/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/inspectionProfile/YamlInspectionProfileImpl.kt
index 3363f3cc4410..185940ac8ee3 100644
--- a/platform/inspect/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/inspectionProfile/YamlInspectionProfileImpl.kt
+++ b/platform/inspect/src/com/intellij/codeInspection/inspectionProfile/YamlInspectionProfileImpl.kt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import com.intellij.codeInspection.ex.*
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.inspectionProfile.YamlProfileUtils.createProfileCopy
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.logger
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.guessProjectDir
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.toCanonicalPath
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VfsUtilCore
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile
@@ -119,8 +120,13 @@ class YamlInspectionProfileImpl private constructor(override val profileName: St
                  toolsSupplier: InspectionToolsSupplier = ProjectInspectionToolRegistrar.getInstance(project),
                  profileManager: BaseInspectionProfileManager = ProjectInspectionProfileManager.getInstance(project)
     ): YamlInspectionProfileImpl {
-      val configFile = File(filePath).absoluteFile
-      require(configFile.exists()) { "File does not exist: ${configFile.canonicalPath}" }
+      val configFile = if (File(filePath).isAbsolute) {
+        File(filePath).absoluteFile
+      } else {
+        project.guessProjectDir()?.toNioPath()?.toFile()?.resolve(filePath)?.absoluteFile
+      }
+      require(configFile?.exists() == true) { "File does not exist: ${configFile!!.canonicalPath}" }
+      requireNotNull(configFile)
 
       val includeProvider: (Path) -> Reader = {
         val includePath = Path.of(configFile.parent).resolve(it)