diff --git a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/projectView/impl/nodes/PsiFieldNode.java b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/projectView/impl/nodes/PsiFieldNode.java
index 0869542cf5a9..9416da6ebce5 100644
--- a/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/projectView/impl/nodes/PsiFieldNode.java
+++ b/java/java-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/projectView/impl/nodes/PsiFieldNode.java
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ package com.intellij.ide.projectView.impl.nodes;
 import com.intellij.ide.projectView.PresentationData;
 import com.intellij.ide.projectView.ViewSettings;
 import com.intellij.ide.util.treeView.AbstractTreeNode;
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.IndexNotReadyException;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiClass;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiField;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiSubstitutor;
@@ -26,6 +28,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiFormatUtil;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiFormatUtilBase;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Objects;
 
 public class PsiFieldNode extends BasePsiMemberNode<PsiField>{
   public PsiFieldNode(Project project, PsiField value, ViewSettings viewSettings) {
@@ -39,9 +42,16 @@ public class PsiFieldNode extends BasePsiMemberNode<PsiField>{
 
   @Override
   public void updateImpl(PresentationData data) {
-    String name = PsiFormatUtil.formatVariable(getValue(),
-      PsiFormatUtilBase.SHOW_NAME | PsiFormatUtilBase.SHOW_TYPE | PsiFormatUtilBase.TYPE_AFTER | PsiFormatUtilBase.SHOW_INITIALIZER,
-        PsiSubstitutor.EMPTY);
+    PsiField field = Objects.requireNonNull(getValue());
+    String name;
+    try {
+      name = PsiFormatUtil.formatVariable(field,
+                                          PsiFormatUtilBase.SHOW_NAME | PsiFormatUtilBase.SHOW_TYPE | PsiFormatUtilBase.TYPE_AFTER | PsiFormatUtilBase.SHOW_INITIALIZER,
+                                          PsiSubstitutor.EMPTY);
+    }
+    catch (IndexNotReadyException e) {
+      name = StringUtil.notNullize(field.getName());
+    }
     int c = name.indexOf('\n');
     if (c > -1) {
       name = name.substring(0, c - 1);