diff --git a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/util/IconUtil.java b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/util/IconUtil.java
index 12c44dd12791..78c7c4d38752 100644
--- a/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/util/IconUtil.java
+++ b/platform/core-api/src/com/intellij/util/IconUtil.java
@@ -446,6 +446,11 @@ public class IconUtil {
       }
     }
 
+    return createImageIcon(img);
+  }
+
+  @NotNull
+  public static JBImageIcon createImageIcon(@NotNull final BufferedImage img) {
     return new JBImageIcon(img) {
       @Override
       public int getIconWidth() {