diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/ColoredListCellRenderer.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/ColoredListCellRenderer.java
index aedf317b1152..2c53bebc0e72 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/ColoredListCellRenderer.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/ColoredListCellRenderer.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import java.awt.*;
  * @author Vladimir Kondratyev
  */
 public abstract class ColoredListCellRenderer extends SimpleColoredComponent implements ListCellRenderer {
+  private final ListCellRenderer myDefaultGtkRenderer = UIUtil.isUnderGTKLookAndFeel() ? new JComboBox().getRenderer() : null;
+
   protected boolean mySelected;
   protected Color myForeground;
   protected Color mySelectionForeground;
@@ -60,8 +62,8 @@ public abstract class ColoredListCellRenderer extends SimpleColoredComponent imp
 
     customizeCellRenderer(list, value, index, selected, hasFocus);
 
-    if (UIUtil.isUnderGTKLookAndFeel() && list.getModel() instanceof ComboBoxModel) {
-      final Component component = new JComboBox().getRenderer().getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, selected, hasFocus);
+    if (myDefaultGtkRenderer != null && list.getModel() instanceof ComboBoxModel) {
+      final Component component = myDefaultGtkRenderer.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, selected, hasFocus);
       if (component instanceof JLabel) {
         return formatToLabel((JLabel)component);
       }
diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/ListCellRendererWrapper.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/ListCellRendererWrapper.java
index c064d7207b81..b7f7fe587a17 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/ListCellRendererWrapper.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/ListCellRendererWrapper.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import java.awt.*;
  * @since 30.09.2010
  */
 public abstract class ListCellRendererWrapper<T> implements ListCellRenderer {
+  private final ListCellRenderer myDefaultRenderer = new JComboBox().getRenderer();
+
   private boolean mySeparator;
   private Icon myIcon;
   private String myText;
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ public abstract class ListCellRendererWrapper<T> implements ListCellRenderer {
       return separator;
     }
 
-    final Component component = new JComboBox().getRenderer().getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus);
+    final Component component = myDefaultRenderer.getListCellRendererComponent(list, value, index, isSelected, cellHasFocus);
     if (component instanceof JLabel) {
       final JLabel label = (JLabel)component;
       label.setIcon(myIcon);