diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/BaseInspectionVisitor.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/BaseInspectionVisitor.java
index 88626a6de410..aedb7b302c1d 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/BaseInspectionVisitor.java
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/src/com/siyeh/ig/BaseInspectionVisitor.java
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ public abstract class BaseInspectionVisitor extends JavaElementVisitor {
 
   protected final void registerError(@NotNull PsiElement location,
                                      Object... infos) {
-    if (location.getTextLength() == 0) {
+    if (location.getTextLength() == 0 && !(location instanceof PsiFile)) {
       return;
     }
     final InspectionGadgetsFix[] fixes = createFixes(infos);
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/classlayout/emptyclass/EmptyFile.java b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/classlayout/emptyclass/EmptyFile.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/classlayout/emptyclass/expected.xml b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/classlayout/emptyclass/expected.xml
index 05c0cc1b6d2d..ea5fd37b96a9 100644
--- a/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/classlayout/emptyclass/expected.xml
+++ b/plugins/InspectionGadgets/test/com/siyeh/igtest/classlayout/emptyclass/expected.xml
@@ -6,4 +6,11 @@
     <problem_class severity="WARNING" attribute_key="WARNING_ATTRIBUTES">Empty class</problem_class>
     <description>Class &lt;code&gt;ReportMe&lt;/code&gt; is empty #loc</description>
   </problem>
+
+  <problem>
+    <file>EmptyFile.java</file>
+    <line>1</line>
+    <problem_class severity="WARNING" attribute_key="WARNING_ATTRIBUTES">Empty class</problem_class>
+    <description>Java file does not declare any class #loc</description>
+  </problem>
 </problems>
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