diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/CoreLocalVirtualFile.java b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/CoreLocalVirtualFile.java
index f2af0d18cf73..77287d053292 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/CoreLocalVirtualFile.java
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/CoreLocalVirtualFile.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public class CoreLocalVirtualFile extends VirtualFile {
 
   @Override
   public InputStream getInputStream() throws IOException {
-    return VfsUtilCore.inputStreamSkippingBOM(new FileInputStream(myIoFile), this);
+    return VfsUtilCore.inputStreamSkippingBOM(new BufferedInputStream(new FileInputStream(myIoFile)), this);
   }
 
   @Override