diff --git a/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/model/ModelParser.java b/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/model/ModelParser.java
index ac1813d70e12..c4ed59990c25 100644
--- a/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/model/ModelParser.java
+++ b/plugins/android-designer/src/com/intellij/android/designer/model/ModelParser.java
@@ -191,7 +191,9 @@ public class ModelParser extends XmlRecursiveElementVisitor {
       addComponent(newComponent, ViewsMetaManager.getInstance(newComponent.getTag().getProject()), propertyParser);
     }
 
-    IdManager.get(container).ensureIds(newComponent);
+    if (!(newComponent instanceof RadViewContainer)) {
+      IdManager.get(container).ensureIds(newComponent);
+    }
   }
 
   private static void addComponent(RadViewComponent parentComponent,