diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/reference/impl/providers/URLReference.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/reference/impl/providers/URLReference.java
index 1ff705ff9454..9df0ac75f310 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/reference/impl/providers/URLReference.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/source/resolve/reference/impl/providers/URLReference.java
@@ -106,10 +106,7 @@ public class URLReference implements PsiReference, QuickFixProvider, EmptyResolv
       final XmlTag rootTag = document.getRootTag();
 
      if (rootTag == null) {
-        if (containingFile.getFileType() == StdFileTypes.DTD) {
-          return ExternalResourceManager.getInstance().getResourceLocation(canonicalText, containingFile, null);
-        }
-        return null;
+        return ExternalResourceManager.getInstance().getResourceLocation(canonicalText, containingFile, null);
       }
       final XmlNSDescriptor nsDescriptor = rootTag.getNSDescriptor(canonicalText, true);
       if (nsDescriptor != null) return nsDescriptor.getDescriptorFile();