diff --git a/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/quickfixes/SaveTo.java b/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/quickfixes/SaveTo.java
index 5b94d30e394c..53a448a71004 100644
--- a/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/quickfixes/SaveTo.java
+++ b/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/quickfixes/SaveTo.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public final class SaveTo implements SpellCheckerQuickFix, LowPriorityAction {
     myWord = word;
   }
 
-  public SaveTo(String word, @NotNull DictionaryLayer layer) {
+  public SaveTo(String word, @Nullable DictionaryLayer layer) {
     myWord = word;
     myLayer = layer;
   }
diff --git a/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/SpellcheckingStrategy.java b/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/SpellcheckingStrategy.java
index 061d241a7bb1..4bddde125cf1 100644
--- a/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/SpellcheckingStrategy.java
+++ b/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/tokenizer/SpellcheckingStrategy.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class SpellcheckingStrategy {
 
     final SpellCheckerSettings settings = SpellCheckerSettings.getInstance(element.getProject());
     if (settings.isUseSingleDictionaryToSave()) {
-      result.add(new SaveTo(typo, Objects.requireNonNull(DictionaryLayersProvider.getLayer(element.getProject(), settings.getDictionaryToSave()))));
+      result.add(new SaveTo(typo, DictionaryLayersProvider.getLayer(element.getProject(), settings.getDictionaryToSave())));
       return result.toArray(LocalQuickFix.EMPTY_ARRAY);
     }