diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/EditorColorsListener.java b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/EditorColorsListener.java
index 5a6a3282d7c2..57dc1ebe4150 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/EditorColorsListener.java
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/EditorColorsListener.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package com.intellij.openapi.editor.colors;
 
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
 import java.util.EventListener;
 
 /**
@@ -29,6 +31,6 @@ import java.util.EventListener;
  */
 public interface EditorColorsListener extends EventListener {
 
-  void globalSchemeChange(EditorColorsScheme scheme);
+  void globalSchemeChange(@Nullable EditorColorsScheme scheme);
 
 }