diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/ijent/nio/IjentNioFsRegistry.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/ijent/nio/IjentNioFsRegistry.kt
index 60f8b3771f51..dfa23ae1dcc8 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/ijent/nio/IjentNioFsRegistry.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/ijent/nio/IjentNioFsRegistry.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ fun CoroutineScope.registerIjentNioFs(ijent: IjentApi, root: String, internalNam
 
   service.register(root, ijent.descriptor, internalName, true, false) { underlyingProvider, previousFs ->
     // Compute a path before custom fs registration. Usually should represent a non-existent local path
-    val localPath = Path(root).also { check(!it.exists()) }
+    val localPath = Path(root).also {
+      // on WSL this path exists
+      //check(!it.exists())
+    }
 
     IjentEphemeralRootAwareFileSystemProvider(
       root = localPath,