diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/CheckinClient.java b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/CheckinClient.java
index cc8e2ef0e352..f7d5fcfbfaf1 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/CheckinClient.java
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/CheckinClient.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.idea.svn.api.SvnClient;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * @author Konstantin Kolosovsky.
@@ -28,5 +28,5 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 public interface CheckinClient extends SvnClient {
 
   @NotNull
-  CommitInfo[] commit(@NotNull Collection<File> paths, @NotNull String comment) throws VcsException;
+  CommitInfo[] commit(@NotNull List<File> paths, @NotNull String comment) throws VcsException;
 }
diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/CmdCheckinClient.java b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/CmdCheckinClient.java
index ced5e62b0f33..34c54fc852c2 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/CmdCheckinClient.java
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/CmdCheckinClient.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class CmdCheckinClient extends BaseSvnClient implements CheckinClient {
 
   @NotNull
   @Override
-  public CommitInfo[] commit(@NotNull Collection<File> paths, @NotNull String message) throws VcsException {
+  public CommitInfo[] commit(@NotNull List<File> paths, @NotNull String message) throws VcsException {
     // if directory renames were used, IDEA reports all files under them as moved, but for svn we can not pass some of them
     // to commit command - since not all paths are registered as changes -> so we need to filter these cases, but only if
     // there at least some child-parent relationships in passed paths
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class CmdCheckinClient extends BaseSvnClient implements CheckinClient {
     return revision;
   }
 
-  private Collection<File> filterCommittables(@NotNull Collection<File> committables) throws SvnBindException {
+  private List<File> filterCommittables(@NotNull List<File> committables) throws SvnBindException {
     final Set<String> childrenOfSomebody = ContainerUtil.newHashSet();
     new AbstractFilterChildren<File>() {
       @Override
diff --git a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/SvnKitCheckinClient.java b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/SvnKitCheckinClient.java
index c3f203a9e02f..62e69cd5865c 100644
--- a/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/SvnKitCheckinClient.java
+++ b/plugins/svn4idea/src/org/jetbrains/idea/svn/checkin/SvnKitCheckinClient.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNCommitClient;
 import org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNCommitPacket;
 
 import java.io.File;
-import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
 
 /**
  * @author Konstantin Kolosovsky.
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class SvnKitCheckinClient extends BaseSvnClient implements CheckinClient
 
   @NotNull
   @Override
-  public CommitInfo[] commit(@NotNull Collection<File> paths, @NotNull String comment) throws VcsException {
+  public CommitInfo[] commit(@NotNull List<File> paths, @NotNull String comment) throws VcsException {
     File[] pathsToCommit = ArrayUtil.toObjectArray(paths, File.class);
     boolean keepLocks = myVcs.getSvnConfiguration().isKeepLocks();
     SVNCommitPacket[] commitPackets = null;