diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/startup/impl/StartupManagerImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/startup/impl/StartupManagerImpl.java
index bf33a8f37d5e..4a0b0755807d 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/startup/impl/StartupManagerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/startup/impl/StartupManagerImpl.java
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ public class StartupManagerImpl extends StartupManagerEx {
 
       action.run();
     };
-    GuiUtils.invokeLaterIfNeeded(runnable, ModalityState.NON_MODAL);
+    GuiUtils.invokeLaterIfNeeded(runnable, ModalityState.defaultModalityState());
   }
 
   @TestOnly