diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerImpl.java
index fa98c84c896e..f7ed49cd2e13 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerImpl.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Key;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Pair;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.UserDataHolderBase;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFileManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.pointers.VirtualFilePointer;
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ public class VirtualFilePointerImpl extends UserDataHolderBase implements Virtua
         ((VirtualFilePointerManagerImpl)VirtualFilePointerManager.getInstance()).clearPointerCaches(file.getUrl(), myListener);
       }
       String url = pair.second;
-      if (url != null && (file == null || !url.equals(file.getUrl()))) {
+      if (url != null && (file == null || !FileUtil.pathsEqual(url, file.getUrl()))) {
         ((VirtualFilePointerManagerImpl)VirtualFilePointerManager.getInstance()).clearPointerCaches(url, myListener);
       }
     }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerManagerImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerManagerImpl.java
index 1784c2f284b9..aeb21afc0a17 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerManagerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerManagerImpl.java
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public class VirtualFilePointerManagerImpl extends VirtualFilePointerManager imp
 
   synchronized void clearPointerCaches(String url, VirtualFilePointerListener listener) {
     TreeMap<String, VirtualFilePointerImpl> urlToPointer = myUrlToPointerMaps.get(listener);
-    assert urlToPointer != null;
+    assert urlToPointer != null : url;
     urlToPointer.remove(VfsUtil.urlToPath(url));
     if (urlToPointer.isEmpty()) {
       myUrlToPointerMaps.remove(listener);