diff --git a/plugins/devkit/src/inspections/internal/HighlightVisitorInternalInspection.java b/plugins/devkit/src/inspections/internal/HighlightVisitorInternalInspection.java
index 4af68a9905ea..ed103d2ff1e7 100644
--- a/plugins/devkit/src/inspections/internal/HighlightVisitorInternalInspection.java
+++ b/plugins/devkit/src/inspections/internal/HighlightVisitorInternalInspection.java
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.analysis.HighlightInfoHolder;
 import com.intellij.codeInsight.daemon.impl.analysis.HighlightVisitorImpl;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.BaseJavaBatchLocalInspectionTool;
 import com.intellij.codeInspection.ProblemsHolder;
+import com.intellij.compiler.CompilerConfiguration;
 import com.intellij.lang.annotation.HighlightSeverity;
 import com.intellij.lang.injection.InjectedLanguageManager;
 import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.source.tree.injected.InjectedLanguageUtil;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtil;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtilCore;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -69,6 +73,10 @@ public class HighlightVisitorInternalInspection extends BaseJavaBatchLocalInspec
     if (InjectedLanguageManager.getInstance(file.getProject()).isInjectedFragment(file)) {
       return PsiElementVisitor.EMPTY_VISITOR;
     }
+    final VirtualFile virtualFile = PsiUtilCore.getVirtualFile(file);
+    if (virtualFile == null || CompilerConfiguration.getInstance(holder.getProject()).isExcludedFromCompilation(virtualFile)) {
+      return PsiElementVisitor.EMPTY_VISITOR;
+    }
     return new HighlightVisitorImpl(JavaPsiFacade.getInstance(holder.getProject()).getResolveHelper()) {
       {
         prepareToRunAsInspection(new HighlightInfoHolder(file) {