diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/impl/VirtualDirectoryImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/impl/VirtualDirectoryImpl.java
index 661bf1f0cdf9..b8319cecc401 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/impl/VirtualDirectoryImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/impl/VirtualDirectoryImpl.java
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ public class VirtualDirectoryImpl extends VirtualFileSystemEntry {
 
     if (result == null) {
       synchronized (myData) {
-        addToAdoptedChildren(ignoreCase, name);
+        if (!allChildrenLoaded()) {
+          myData.addAdoptedName(name, getFileSystem().isCaseSensitive());
+        }
       }
     }