diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/SymlinkTestCase.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/SymlinkTestCase.java
index 43ea8f829ae8..7666d3116155 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/SymlinkTestCase.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/SymlinkTestCase.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ public abstract class SymlinkTestCase extends LightPlatformLangTestCase {
   }
 
   protected void refresh(boolean recursive) {
-    final VirtualFile tempDir = myFileSystem.findFileByIoFile(myTempDir);
+    assertTrue(myTempDir.getPath(), myTempDir.isDirectory() || myTempDir.mkdirs());
+    VirtualFile tempDir = myFileSystem.refreshAndFindFileByIoFile(myTempDir);
     assertNotNull(myTempDir.getPath(), tempDir);
     tempDir.getChildren();
     tempDir.refresh(false, true);