diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/encoding/FileEncodingTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/encoding/FileEncodingTest.java
index bf6726a111b1..d8b6d35e4a6a 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/encoding/FileEncodingTest.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/encoding/FileEncodingTest.java
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ public class FileEncodingTest implements TestDialog {
       }
       encodingManager.waitAllTasksExecuted();
       UIUtil.dispatchAllInvocationEvents();
-    }).start();
+    }).runAsStressTest().start();
   }
 
   @Test