diff --git a/plugins/eclipse/src/org/jetbrains/idea/eclipse/config/EclipseClasspathStorageProvider.java b/plugins/eclipse/src/org/jetbrains/idea/eclipse/config/EclipseClasspathStorageProvider.java
index f7c9bd510ee5..0e91f2d6f0c8 100644
--- a/plugins/eclipse/src/org/jetbrains/idea/eclipse/config/EclipseClasspathStorageProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/eclipse/src/org/jetbrains/idea/eclipse/config/EclipseClasspathStorageProvider.java
@@ -166,11 +166,7 @@ public class EclipseClasspathStorageProvider implements ClasspathStorageProvider
       try {
         final HashSet<String> usedVariables = new HashSet<String>();
         final CachedXmlDocumentSet documentSet = getFileSet();
-        final VirtualFile vFile = documentSet.getVFile(EclipseXml.PROJECT_FILE);
-        assert vFile != null;
-        final VirtualFile parent = vFile.getParent();
-        assert parent != null;
-        final String path = parent.getPath();
+        final String path = documentSet.getParent(EclipseXml.PROJECT_FILE);
 
         final EclipseClasspathReader classpathReader = new EclipseClasspathReader(path, module.getProject(), null);
         classpathReader.init(model);