diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/smartPointers/SmartPsiElementPointerImpl.java b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/smartPointers/SmartPsiElementPointerImpl.java
index 5d227aa08c1e..46f7968208a0 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/smartPointers/SmartPsiElementPointerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/smartPointers/SmartPsiElementPointerImpl.java
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.TextRange;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.psi.*;
 import com.intellij.psi.impl.FreeThreadedFileViewProvider;
+import com.intellij.psi.impl.PsiManagerEx;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
 import java.lang.ref.Reference;
 import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
+import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 
 class SmartPsiElementPointerImpl<E extends PsiElement> implements SmartPointerEx<E> {
   private Reference<E> myElement;
@@ -91,7 +93,9 @@ class SmartPsiElementPointerImpl<E extends PsiElement> implements SmartPointerEx
   }
 
   private void cacheElement(E element) {
-    myElement = element == null ? null : new SoftReference<E>(element);
+    myElement = element == null ? null : 
+                ((PsiManagerEx)element.getManager()).isBatchFilesProcessingMode() ? new WeakReference<E>(element) : 
+                new SoftReference<E>(element);
   }
 
   @Override