diff --git a/plugins/maven/maven3-server-impl/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/server/Maven3XServerEmbedder.java b/plugins/maven/maven3-server-impl/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/server/Maven3XServerEmbedder.java
index 7ef17054b839..807ff5247afe 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/maven3-server-impl/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/server/Maven3XServerEmbedder.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/maven3-server-impl/src/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/server/Maven3XServerEmbedder.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public abstract class Maven3XServerEmbedder extends Maven3ServerEmbedder {
       //noinspection SSBasedInspection
       cliRequest = constructor.newInstance(commandLineOptions.toArray(new String[0]), classWorld);
 
-      for (String each : new String[]{"initialize", "cli", "logging", "properties", "populateRequest"}) {
+      for (String each : new String[]{"initialize", "cli", "logging", "properties"}) {
         Method m = MavenCli.class.getDeclaredMethod(each, cliRequestClass);
         m.setAccessible(true);
         m.invoke(cli, cliRequest);
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenProjectsTree.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenProjectsTree.java
index 7e73967a7428..d03321379857 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenProjectsTree.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenProjectsTree.java
@@ -1271,9 +1271,9 @@ public class MavenProjectsTree {
               mavenProject.setConfigFileError(cause.getMessage());
             }
           }
-          throw cause;
+        } else {
+          throw t;
         }
-        throw t;
       }
       finally {
         embeddersManager.release(embedder);