diff --git a/platform/diff-impl/src/com/intellij/diff/DiffContentFactoryImpl.java b/platform/diff-impl/src/com/intellij/diff/DiffContentFactoryImpl.java
index 2e7a1908555c..7e81e758c451 100644
--- a/platform/diff-impl/src/com/intellij/diff/DiffContentFactoryImpl.java
+++ b/platform/diff-impl/src/com/intellij/diff/DiffContentFactoryImpl.java
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ public class DiffContentFactoryImpl extends DiffContentFactory {
     if (file == null) {
       throw new IOException("Can't create temp file for revision content");
     }
+    file.refresh(true, false);
     return file;
   }
 }