diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/stores/XmlElementStorage.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/stores/XmlElementStorage.java
index 6267af2dc4d3..4112d0be6eb9 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/stores/XmlElementStorage.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/components/impl/stores/XmlElementStorage.java
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ public abstract class XmlElementStorage implements StateStorage, Disposable {
 
       try {
         doSave(getElement(myCopiedStorageData, isCollapsePathsOnSave(), myNewLiveStates));
+        myLoadedData = myCopiedStorageData;
       }
       catch (IOException e) {
         throw new StateStorageException(e);