diff --git a/platform/smRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/sm/runner/GeneralToSMTRunnerEventsConvertor.java b/platform/smRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/sm/runner/GeneralToSMTRunnerEventsConvertor.java
index 3a742d3ebb68..bae16c1d0081 100644
--- a/platform/smRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/sm/runner/GeneralToSMTRunnerEventsConvertor.java
+++ b/platform/smRunner/src/com/intellij/execution/testframework/sm/runner/GeneralToSMTRunnerEventsConvertor.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key;
 import com.intellij.util.Function;
-import com.intellij.util.ObjectUtils;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.TestOnly;
@@ -410,7 +409,10 @@ public class GeneralToSMTRunnerEventsConvertor extends GeneralTestEventsProcesso
 
   public void onTestIgnored(@NotNull final TestIgnoredEvent testIgnoredEvent) {
      addToInvokeLater(() -> {
-       final String testName = ObjectUtils.assertNotNull(testIgnoredEvent.getName());
+       final String testName = testIgnoredEvent.getName();
+       if (testName == null) {
+         logProblem("TestIgnored event: no name");
+       }
        String ignoreComment = testIgnoredEvent.getIgnoreComment();
        final String stackTrace = testIgnoredEvent.getStacktrace();
        final String fullTestName = getFullTestName(testName);