diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/InspectionSchemeTest.kt b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/InspectionSchemeTest.kt
index 69a67666220e..fc3d7ee27f83 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/InspectionSchemeTest.kt
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInspection/ex/InspectionSchemeTest.kt
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ class InspectionSchemeTest {
     assertThat(schemeFile.readText()).isEqualTo(schemeData)
     profileManager.profiles
 
+    // test reload
     schemeManagerFactory.process {
       it.reload()
     }
diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/DefaultColorsScheme.java b/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/DefaultColorsScheme.java
index b55ea1def50a..e98ec8b89abb 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/DefaultColorsScheme.java
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/DefaultColorsScheme.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.EditorFontType;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors.TextAttributesKey;
 import com.intellij.openapi.editor.markup.TextAttributes;
 import com.intellij.openapi.options.SchemeManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.options.SchemeState;
 import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -120,4 +121,10 @@ public class DefaultColorsScheme extends AbstractColorsScheme implements ReadOnl
   public boolean isVisible() {
     return false;
   }
+
+  @NotNull
+  @Override
+  public SchemeState getSchemeState() {
+    return SchemeState.NON_PERSISTENT;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/EditorColorSchemeTest.kt b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/EditorColorSchemeTest.kt
index 118143a98d6a..88f25ab65f8e 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/EditorColorSchemeTest.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/EditorColorSchemeTest.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import com.intellij.testFramework.assertions.Assertions.assertThat
 import com.intellij.testFramework.rules.InMemoryFsRule
 import com.intellij.util.io.readText
 import com.intellij.util.io.write
+import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions
 import org.junit.ClassRule
 import org.junit.Rule
 import org.junit.Test
@@ -66,5 +67,13 @@ class EditorColorSchemeTest {
       <option name="EDITOR_FONT_NAME" value="${scheme.editorFontName}" />
     </scheme>""".trimIndent())
     assertThat(schemeFile.parent).hasChildren("Foo.icls")
+
+    // test reload
+    val sizeBeforeReload = manager.schemeManager.allSchemes.size
+    schemeManagerFactory.process {
+      it.reload()
+    }
+
+    Assertions.assertThat(manager.schemeManager.allSchemes).hasSize(sizeBeforeReload)
   }
 }