diff --git a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/editor/PythonCopyPasteProcessor.java b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/editor/PythonCopyPasteProcessor.java
index 137d87eea46a..8ae2ade549b6 100644
--- a/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/editor/PythonCopyPasteProcessor.java
+++ b/python/src/com/jetbrains/python/editor/PythonCopyPasteProcessor.java
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public class PythonCopyPasteProcessor implements CopyPastePreProcessor {
           newText = new String(text);   // to indent correctly (see PasteHandler)
         }
 
-        if (element instanceof PsiWhiteSpace &&
+        if ((element instanceof PsiWhiteSpace || element.getTextOffset() == 0) &&
             (StringUtil.countChars(element.getText(), '\n') <= 2 && !StringUtil.isEmptyOrSpaces(text))) {
           newText += "\n";
         }
diff --git a/python/testData/copyPaste/BeginningOfFile.after.py b/python/testData/copyPaste/BeginningOfFile.after.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..663a4618bbc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/copyPaste/BeginningOfFile.after.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+a = 1
+b = 2
+a = 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testData/copyPaste/BeginningOfFile.dst.py b/python/testData/copyPaste/BeginningOfFile.dst.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..991d8ef2dab4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/copyPaste/BeginningOfFile.dst.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+<caret>b = 2
+a = 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testData/copyPaste/BeginningOfFile.src.py b/python/testData/copyPaste/BeginningOfFile.src.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9f58dbcebdbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/testData/copyPaste/BeginningOfFile.src.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+b = 2
+<selection>a = 1
+</selection>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyCopyPasteTest.java b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyCopyPasteTest.java
index 30e63e9a6b01..2c515b000a74 100644
--- a/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyCopyPasteTest.java
+++ b/python/testSrc/com/jetbrains/python/PyCopyPasteTest.java
@@ -255,6 +255,10 @@ public class PyCopyPasteTest extends PyTestCase {
     doTest();
   }
 
+  public void testBeginningOfFile() {    //PY-7524
+    doTest();
+  }
+
   private void doTest() {
     String name = getTestName(false);