diff --git a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/facet/impl/autodetecting/model/ProjectFacetInfoSet.java b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/facet/impl/autodetecting/model/ProjectFacetInfoSet.java
index ab3c7ed695b8..7eb00cf0b267 100644
--- a/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/facet/impl/autodetecting/model/ProjectFacetInfoSet.java
+++ b/java/idea-ui/src/com/intellij/facet/impl/autodetecting/model/ProjectFacetInfoSet.java
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ public class ProjectFacetInfoSet extends FacetInfoSet<Module> {
     Element element = XmlSerializer.serialize(facetsBean, new SkipDefaultValuesSerializationFilters());
     try {
       FileUtil.delete(file);
+      FileUtil.createParentDirs(file);
       JDOMUtil.writeDocument(new Document(element), file, SystemProperties.getLineSeparator());
     }
     catch (IOException e) {