diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/NewVirtualFileSystem.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/NewVirtualFileSystem.java
index 5bde8f3f06cb..b6f84a59eb49 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/NewVirtualFileSystem.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/NewVirtualFileSystem.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
+import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@ public abstract class NewVirtualFileSystem extends VirtualFileSystem implements
   }
 
   public String getCanonicallyCasedName(@NotNull VirtualFile file) {
-    return file.getName();
+    // have to perform at least some canonicalization, e.g. remove multiple '///'
+    return new File(file.getPath()).getName();
   }
 
   /**