diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SimpleColoredComponent.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SimpleColoredComponent.java
index 1708e9f55f79..27d90cfe5b59 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SimpleColoredComponent.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ui/SimpleColoredComponent.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import javax.accessibility.AccessibleRole;
 import javax.accessibility.AccessibleStateSet;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import javax.swing.border.Border;
+import javax.swing.tree.TreeCellRenderer;
 import java.awt.*;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ public class SimpleColoredComponent extends JComponent implements Accessible {
 
   private boolean myIconOpaque = true;
 
-  private boolean myAutoInvalidate = true;
+  private boolean myAutoInvalidate = !(this instanceof TreeCellRenderer);
 
   private AccessibleContext myContext = new MyAccessibleContext();