diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/EditorModificationUtil.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/EditorModificationUtil.java
index 6cb56f58e58f..3ab8280d929a 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/EditorModificationUtil.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/EditorModificationUtil.java
@@ -54,9 +54,7 @@ public class EditorModificationUtil {
     }
     selectionModel.removeSelection();
     editor.getDocument().deleteString(selectionStart, selectionEnd);
-    if (editor.getCaretModel().getCurrentCaret() == editor.getCaretModel().getPrimaryCaret()) {
-      editor.getScrollingModel().scrollToCaret(ScrollType.RELATIVE);
-    }
+    scrollToCaret(editor);
   }
 
   public static void deleteSelectedTextForAllCarets(@NotNull final Editor editor) {
@@ -116,8 +114,8 @@ public class EditorModificationUtil {
 
   public static int insertStringAtCaret(Editor editor, @NotNull String s, boolean toProcessOverwriteMode, boolean toMoveCaret, int caretShift) {
     int result = insertStringAtCaretNoScrolling(editor, s, toProcessOverwriteMode, toMoveCaret, caretShift);
-    if (toMoveCaret && editor.getCaretModel().getCurrentCaret() == editor.getCaretModel().getPrimaryCaret()) {
-      editor.getScrollingModel().scrollToCaret(ScrollType.RELATIVE);
+    if (toMoveCaret) {
+      scrollToCaret(editor);
     }
     return result;
   }
@@ -475,4 +473,15 @@ public class EditorModificationUtil {
     CaretModel caretModel = editor.getCaretModel();
     caretModel.moveToOffset(caretModel.getOffset() + caretShift);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * This method is safe to run both in and out of {@link com.intellij.openapi.editor.CaretModel#runForEachCaret(CaretAction)} context.
+   * It scrolls to primary caret in both cases, and, in the former case, avoids performing excessive scrolling in case of large number
+   * of carets.
+   */
+  public static void scrollToCaret(@NotNull Editor editor) {
+    if (editor.getCaretModel().getCurrentCaret() == editor.getCaretModel().getPrimaryCaret()) {
+      editor.getScrollingModel().scrollToCaret(ScrollType.RELATIVE);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/actions/BackspaceAction.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/actions/BackspaceAction.java
index 8637ecee94be..bc60a3e7e890 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/actions/BackspaceAction.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/actions/BackspaceAction.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public class BackspaceAction extends EditorAction {
         editor.getCaretModel().moveCaretRelatively(columnShift, 0, false, false, true);
       }
       else {
-        scrollToCaret(editor);
+        EditorModificationUtil.scrollToCaret(editor);
         editor.getSelectionModel().removeSelection();
 
         FoldRegion region = editor.getFoldingModel().getCollapsedRegionAtOffset(offset - 1);
@@ -111,17 +111,11 @@ public class BackspaceAction extends EditorAction {
       int lineEnd = document.getLineEndOffset(lineNumber - 1) + separatorLength;
       document.deleteString(lineEnd - separatorLength, lineEnd);
       editor.getCaretModel().moveToOffset(lineEnd - separatorLength);
-      scrollToCaret(editor);
+      EditorModificationUtil.scrollToCaret(editor);
       editor.getSelectionModel().removeSelection();
       // Do not group delete newline and other deletions.
       CommandProcessor commandProcessor = CommandProcessor.getInstance();
       commandProcessor.setCurrentCommandGroupId(null);
     }
   }
-
-  private static void scrollToCaret(Editor editor) {
-    if (editor.getCaretModel().getCurrentCaret() == editor.getCaretModel().getPrimaryCaret()) {
-      editor.getScrollingModel().scrollToCaret(ScrollType.RELATIVE);
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/actions/EditorActionUtil.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/actions/EditorActionUtil.java
index a10c2890e4c1..74a2bf9ca75b 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/actions/EditorActionUtil.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/actions/EditorActionUtil.java
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ public class EditorActionUtil {
 
     editor.getCaretModel().moveCaretRelatively(columnShift, lineShift, withSelection, false, false);
 
-    //editor.getScrollingModel().scrollToCaret(ScrollType.RELATIVE);
     VisualPosition caretPos = editor.getCaretModel().getVisualPosition();
     Point caretLocation2 = editor.visualPositionToXY(caretPos);
     final boolean scrollToCaret = !(editor instanceof EditorImpl) || ((EditorImpl)editor).isScrollToCaret();
@@ -624,9 +623,7 @@ public class EditorActionUtil {
       }
     }
     caretModel.moveToOffset(newOffset);
-    if (editor.getCaretModel().getCurrentCaret() == editor.getCaretModel().getPrimaryCaret()) {
-      editor.getScrollingModel().scrollToCaret(ScrollType.RELATIVE);
-    }
+    EditorModificationUtil.scrollToCaret(editor);
 
     setupSelection(editor, isWithSelection, selectionStart, blockSelectionStart);
   }
@@ -698,9 +695,7 @@ public class EditorActionUtil {
       if (isWordOrLexemeStart(editor, newOffset, camel)) break;
     }
     editor.getCaretModel().moveToOffset(newOffset);
-    if (editor.getCaretModel().getCurrentCaret() == editor.getCaretModel().getPrimaryCaret()) {
-      editor.getScrollingModel().scrollToCaret(ScrollType.RELATIVE);
-    }
+    EditorModificationUtil.scrollToCaret(editor);
 
     setupSelection(editor, isWithSelection, selectionStart, blockSelectionStart);
   }