diff --git a/platform/xdebugger-testFramework/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebuggerTestUtil.java b/platform/xdebugger-testFramework/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebuggerTestUtil.java
index dceddc11824f..65d9ffd70147 100644
--- a/platform/xdebugger-testFramework/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebuggerTestUtil.java
+++ b/platform/xdebugger-testFramework/src/com/intellij/xdebugger/XDebuggerTestUtil.java
@@ -400,7 +400,8 @@ public class XDebuggerTestUtil {
       assertEquals(name, node.myName);
     }
     if (typePattern != null) {
-      assertTrue("Expected type: " + typePattern + " Actual type: " + node.myType, node.myType.matches(typePattern));
+      assertTrue("Expected type: " + typePattern + " Actual type: " + node.myType,
+                 node.myType != null && node.myType.matches(typePattern));
     }
   }