diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/local/LocalFileSystemImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/local/LocalFileSystemImpl.java
index 31c2208ee8c8..c958f3fae362 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/local/LocalFileSystemImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/local/LocalFileSystemImpl.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.SystemInfo;
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.JarFileSystem;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
+import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.impl.win32.Win32Kernel;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.newvfs.ManagingFS;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.newvfs.NewVirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.newvfs.RefreshQueue;
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ public final class LocalFileSystemImpl extends LocalFileSystemBase implements Ap
   }
 
   public void disposeComponent() {
+    Win32Kernel.release();
   }
 
   @TestOnly
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/win32/Win32Kernel.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/win32/Win32Kernel.java
index 6787968237fd..87f140d66ea4 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/win32/Win32Kernel.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/win32/Win32Kernel.java
@@ -62,7 +62,12 @@ public class Win32Kernel {
     long ftLastWriteTime;
   }
 
-  private final static WIN32_FIND_DATA DATA = new WIN32_FIND_DATA();
+  private static WIN32_FIND_DATA DATA = new WIN32_FIND_DATA();
+
+  public static void release() {
+    DATA.clear();
+    DATA = null;
+  }
 
   private Map<String, FileInfo> myCache = new HashMap<String, FileInfo>();