diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/searcheverywhere/SearchEverywhereUI.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/searcheverywhere/SearchEverywhereUI.java
index 5ec7c857db0d..fe26f8dd12d8 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/searcheverywhere/SearchEverywhereUI.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/searcheverywhere/SearchEverywhereUI.java
@@ -1260,14 +1260,8 @@ public class SearchEverywhereUI extends BigPopupUI implements DataProvider, Quic
         return isMoreElement(index) ? index : index + 1;
       }
 
-      //todo binary search
-      for (int i = 0; i < list.size(); i++) {
-        if (list.get(i).getSortWeight() > contributor.getSortWeight()) {
-          return i;
-        }
-      }
-
-      return listElements.size();
+      index = Collections.binarySearch(list, contributor, Comparator.comparingInt(SearchEverywhereContributor::getSortWeight));
+      return -index - 1;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/testSources/com/intellij/ide/actions/searcheverywhere/SearchModelTest.java b/platform/lang-impl/testSources/com/intellij/ide/actions/searcheverywhere/SearchModelTest.java
index bddfc6019113..053f35c2c2a0 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/testSources/com/intellij/ide/actions/searcheverywhere/SearchModelTest.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/testSources/com/intellij/ide/actions/searcheverywhere/SearchModelTest.java
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ public class SearchModelTest extends LightPlatformCodeInsightFixtureTestCase {
 
     // adding to empty -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     model.addElements(Arrays.asList(
-      new SESearcher.ElementInfo("item_3_20", 340, STUB_CONTRIBUTOR_3),
       new SESearcher.ElementInfo("item_2_20", 250, STUB_CONTRIBUTOR_2),
+      new SESearcher.ElementInfo("item_3_20", 340, STUB_CONTRIBUTOR_3),
       new SESearcher.ElementInfo("item_1_20", 160, STUB_CONTRIBUTOR_1),
       new SESearcher.ElementInfo("item_3_30", 330, STUB_CONTRIBUTOR_3),
       new SESearcher.ElementInfo("item_2_10", 280, STUB_CONTRIBUTOR_2),