diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/FSRecords.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/FSRecords.java
index 7d824ebee8f7..5a0f4988932b 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/FSRecords.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/newvfs/persistent/FSRecords.java
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ public class FSRecords {
   }
 
   private static ResizeableMappedFile getRecords() {
-    assert DbConnection.ourInitialized; 
+    assert DbConnection.myRecords != null:"Vfs should be initialized"; 
     return DbConnection.myRecords;
   }