diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
index 7e18f3345937..8a01096b0aeb 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/io/FileUtil.java
@@ -1043,9 +1043,9 @@ public class FileUtil extends FileUtilRt {
     writeToFile(file, text, 0, text.length, append);
   }
 
-  private static void writeToFile(@NotNull File file, @NotNull byte[] text, final int off, final int len, boolean append)
-    throws IOException {
+  private static void writeToFile(@NotNull File file, @NotNull byte[] text, int off, int len, boolean append) throws IOException {
     createParentDirs(file);
+
     OutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(file, append);
     try {
       stream.write(text, off, len);