diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/Presentation.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/Presentation.java
index 2ce0bf6bee32..274bf3e4d1b1 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/Presentation.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/Presentation.java
@@ -334,4 +334,9 @@ public final class Presentation implements Cloneable {
   public void setWeight(double weight) {
     myWeight = weight;
   }
+
+  @Override
+  public String toString() {
+    return myText + " (" + myDescription + ")";
+  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/Utils.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/Utils.java
index 02f158832117..100a8996ab85 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/Utils.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/actionSystem/impl/Utils.java
@@ -178,8 +178,11 @@ public class Utils{
   private static boolean hasVisibleChildren(ActionGroup group, PresentationFactory factory, DataContext context, String place) {
     AnActionEvent event = new AnActionEvent(null, context, place, factory.getPresentation(group), ActionManager.getInstance(), 0);
     event.setInjectedContext(group.isInInjectedContext());
-    AnAction[] children = group.getChildren(event);
-    for (AnAction anAction : children) {
+    for (AnAction anAction : group.getChildren(event)) {
+      if (anAction == null) {
+        LOG.error("Null action found in group " + group + ", " + factory.getPresentation(group));
+        continue;
+      }
       if (anAction instanceof Separator) {
         continue;
       }
@@ -188,8 +191,6 @@ public class Utils{
         continue;
       }
 
-      LOG.assertTrue(anAction != null, "Null action found in group " + group);
-
       final Presentation presentation = factory.getPresentation(anAction);
       updateGroupChild(context, place, anAction, presentation);
       if (anAction instanceof ActionGroup) {