diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/branchConfig/SvnBranchConfigurationManager.kt b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/branchConfig/SvnBranchConfigurationManager.kt
index d23569ec644b..6473b43a40da 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/branchConfig/SvnBranchConfigurationManager.kt
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/branchConfig/SvnBranchConfigurationManager.kt
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ class SvnBranchConfigurationManager(private val myProject: Project,
     else null
     val result = SvnBranchConfigurationNew().apply {
       // trunk url could be either decoded or encoded depending on the code flow
-      trunk = addUserInfo(persistedConfiguration.trunkUrl, true, userInfo)
+      trunk = persistedConfiguration.trunkUrl?.let { addUserInfo(it, true, userInfo) }
       isUserInfoInUrl = persistedConfiguration.isUserinfoInUrl
     }