diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/generation/CommentByBlockCommentHandler.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/generation/CommentByBlockCommentHandler.java
index 3704425eb54d..4fa6dd1a3b27 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/generation/CommentByBlockCommentHandler.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/codeInsight/generation/CommentByBlockCommentHandler.java
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ public class CommentByBlockCommentHandler extends MultiCaretCodeInsightActionHan
     final int offset = range.getStartOffset();
     final IntArrayList toReplaceWithComments = new IntArrayList();
     final IntArrayList prefixes = new IntArrayList();
-    if (range.getLength() < 0) return; // TODO: reproduce and fix this case
+
     final String text = document.getCharsSequence().subSequence(range.getStartOffset(), range.getEndOffset()).toString();
     final String commentedPrefix = commenter.getCommentedBlockCommentPrefix();
     final String commentedSuffix = commenter.getCommentedBlockCommentSuffix();