diff --git a/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/configSlurper/ConfigSlurperMapContentProvider.java b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/configSlurper/ConfigSlurperMapContentProvider.java
index 2f3bf7c593e5..5cd4a4a4bc2b 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/configSlurper/ConfigSlurperMapContentProvider.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/groovy-psi/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/configSlurper/ConfigSlurperMapContentProvider.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2018 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// Copyright 2000-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 package org.jetbrains.plugins.groovy.configSlurper;
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.Pair;
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ public class ConfigSlurperMapContentProvider extends GroovyMapContentProvider {
         return null;
       }
     }
+    if (resolveResult == null) {
+      return null;
+    }
 
     Collections.reverse(path);