diff --git a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitUpdateInfoAsLog.kt b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitUpdateInfoAsLog.kt
index 41d585610790..7e1e2de8b232 100644
--- a/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitUpdateInfoAsLog.kt
+++ b/plugins/git4idea/src/git4idea/update/GitUpdateInfoAsLog.kt
@@ -53,21 +53,34 @@ class GitUpdateInfoAsLog(private val project: Project,
   fun buildAndShowNotification() {
     notificationShown = false
     VcsLogContentUtil.runWhenLogIsReady(project) { log, logManager ->
-      val listener = object : DataPackChangeListener {
-        override fun onDataPackChange(dataPack: DataPack) {
-          showNotificationIfRangesAreReachable(log, dataPack, logManager, this)
-        }
+      if (!isPathFilterSet()) {  // if no preserved filters are set, we don't need the log to show the notification
+        showTabAndNotificationAfterCalculations(logManager)
+      }
+      else {
+        waitForLogRefreshAndShowNotification(log, logManager)
       }
-
-      log.dataManager?.addDataPackChangeListener(listener)
-
-      GuiUtils.invokeLaterIfNeeded({
-                                     // the log may be refreshed before we subscribe to the listener
-                                     showNotificationIfRangesAreReachable(log, logManager.dataManager.dataPack, logManager, listener)
-                                   }, ModalityState.defaultModalityState())
     }
   }
 
+  private fun waitForLogRefreshAndShowNotification(log: VcsProjectLog, logManager: VcsLogManager) {
+    val listener = object : DataPackChangeListener {
+      override fun onDataPackChange(dataPack: DataPack) {
+        showNotificationIfRangesAreReachable(log, dataPack, logManager, this)
+      }
+    }
+
+    log.dataManager?.addDataPackChangeListener(listener)
+
+    GuiUtils.invokeLaterIfNeeded({
+                                   // the log may be refreshed before we subscribe to the listener
+                                   showNotificationIfRangesAreReachable(log, logManager.dataManager.dataPack, logManager, listener)
+                                 }, ModalityState.defaultModalityState())
+  }
+
+  private fun isPathFilterSet() : Boolean {
+    return project.service<GitUpdateProjectInfoLogProperties>().getFilterValues(STRUCTURE_FILTER.name) != null
+  }
+
   @CalledInAwt
   private fun showNotificationIfRangesAreReachable(log: VcsProjectLog,
                                                    dataPack: DataPack,
@@ -120,7 +133,7 @@ class GitUpdateInfoAsLog(private val project: Project,
       // null for initial filters means that filters will be loaded from properties: saved filters + the range filter which we've just set
       val logUi = VcsLogUiImpl(logId, logData, logManager.colorManager, properties, refresher, null)
 
-      val listener = MyVisiblePackChangeListener(logUi, updatedFilesCount, updateCommitsCount, properties.havePresetFilters())
+      val listener = MyVisiblePackChangeListener(logUi, updatedFilesCount, updateCommitsCount, isPathFilterSet())
       refresher.addVisiblePackChangeListener(listener)
       return logUi
     }
@@ -141,11 +154,6 @@ class GitUpdateInfoAsLog(private val project: Project,
         mainProperties.saveFilterValues(filterName, values)
       }
     }
-
-    fun havePresetFilters(): Boolean {
-      val filters = mainProperties.state.FILTERS
-      return if (filters[RANGE_FILTER.name] != null) filters.size > 1 else filters.isNotEmpty()
-    }
   }
 
   private fun calcUpdatedCommitsCount(): Int {