diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/action/HgPullAction.java b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/action/HgPullAction.java
index 11fa9d5ffc32..dda78c112676 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/action/HgPullAction.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/action/HgPullAction.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class HgPullAction extends HgAbstractGlobalSingleRepoAction {
   private static void executePull(final Project project, final HgRepository hgRepository, final String source) {
     final HgPullCommand command = new HgPullCommand(project, hgRepository.getRoot());
     command.setSource(source);
-    command.execute();
+    command.executeInCurrentThread();
     hgRepository.update();
   }
 }
diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/command/HgPullCommand.java b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/command/HgPullCommand.java
index 9d3962c7d7c5..6df96dcbd324 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/command/HgPullCommand.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/command/HgPullCommand.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class HgPullCommand {
     this.source = source;
   }
 
-  public HgCommandExitCode execute() {
+  public HgCommandExitCode executeInCurrentThread() {
     List<String> arguments = new LinkedList<String>();
     if (update) {
       arguments.add("--update");
diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/provider/update/HgRegularUpdater.java b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/provider/update/HgRegularUpdater.java
index faa1fa0f0ebe..48fea381d869 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/provider/update/HgRegularUpdater.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/provider/update/HgRegularUpdater.java
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class HgRegularUpdater implements HgUpdater {
     HgPullCommand hgPullCommand = new HgPullCommand(project, repo);
     final String defaultPath = HgUtil.getRepositoryDefaultPath(project, repo);
     hgPullCommand.setSource(defaultPath);
-    return hgPullCommand.execute();
+    return hgPullCommand.executeInCurrentThread();
   }
 
   private void update(@NotNull VirtualFile repo, ProgressIndicator indicator, UpdatedFiles updatedFiles, List<VcsException> warnings) throws VcsException {
diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/org/zmlx/hg4idea/test/HgUpdateTest.java b/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/org/zmlx/hg4idea/test/HgUpdateTest.java
index 6a8b50bbc3c8..52d176dc1d9a 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/org/zmlx/hg4idea/test/HgUpdateTest.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/testSrc/org/zmlx/hg4idea/test/HgUpdateTest.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class HgUpdateTest extends HgCollaborativeTest {
     //do a simple pull without an update
     HgPullCommand pull = new HgPullCommand(myProject, projectRepoVirtualFile);
     pull.setSource(HgUtil.getRepositoryDefaultPath(myProject, projectRepoVirtualFile));
-    pull.execute();
+    pull.executeInCurrentThread();
 
     assertEquals( determineNumberOfIncomingChanges( projectRepo ), 0,
                   "The update operation should have pulled the incoming changes from the default repository." );