diff --git a/platform/core-nio-fs/src/com/intellij/platform/core/nio/fs/BasicFileAttributesHolder2.java b/platform/core-nio-fs/src/com/intellij/platform/core/nio/fs/BasicFileAttributesHolder2.java
index e97ed8628668..58f472d8731e 100644
--- a/platform/core-nio-fs/src/com/intellij/platform/core/nio/fs/BasicFileAttributesHolder2.java
+++ b/platform/core-nio-fs/src/com/intellij/platform/core/nio/fs/BasicFileAttributesHolder2.java
@@ -39,7 +39,11 @@ public interface BasicFileAttributesHolder2 extends BasicFileAttributesHolder {
      * however strange the original works, this implementation should work the same.
      * </p>
      */
-    protected volatile @NotNull WeakReference<@Nullable BasicFileAttributes> myCachedAttributes = new WeakReference<>(null);
+    protected final @NotNull WeakReference<@Nullable BasicFileAttributes> myCachedAttributes;
+
+    protected Impl(@Nullable BasicFileAttributes attributes) {
+      myCachedAttributes = new WeakReference<>(attributes);
+    }
 
     @Override
     public BasicFileAttributes get() {
diff --git a/platform/ijent/impl/src/com/intellij/platform/ijent/community/impl/nio/IjentNioPath.kt b/platform/ijent/impl/src/com/intellij/platform/ijent/community/impl/nio/IjentNioPath.kt
index ac0d277cd8d8..e4dc970faa32 100644
--- a/platform/ijent/impl/src/com/intellij/platform/ijent/community/impl/nio/IjentNioPath.kt
+++ b/platform/ijent/impl/src/com/intellij/platform/ijent/community/impl/nio/IjentNioPath.kt
@@ -21,17 +21,13 @@ class IjentNioPath internal constructor(
   val ijentPath: IjentPath,
   internal val nioFs: IjentNioFileSystem,
   cachedAttributes: BasicFileAttributes?,
-) : Path, BasicFileAttributesHolder2.Impl() {
+) : Path, BasicFileAttributesHolder2.Impl(cachedAttributes) {
   private val isWindows
     get() = when (nioFs.ijentFs) {
       is IjentFileSystemPosixApi -> false
       is IjentFileSystemWindowsApi -> true
     }
 
-  init {
-    myCachedAttributes = WeakReference(cachedAttributes)
-  }
-
   override fun getFileSystem(): IjentNioFileSystem = nioFs
 
   override fun isAbsolute(): Boolean =
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/nio/IjentWslNioPath.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/nio/IjentWslNioPath.kt
index faa31e6c03a3..9df98256a12c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/nio/IjentWslNioPath.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/execution/wsl/ijent/nio/IjentWslNioPath.kt
@@ -2,23 +2,14 @@
 package com.intellij.execution.wsl.ijent.nio
 
 import com.intellij.platform.core.nio.fs.BasicFileAttributesHolder2
-import java.lang.ref.WeakReference
 import java.net.URI
-import java.nio.file.LinkOption
-import java.nio.file.Path
-import java.nio.file.WatchEvent
-import java.nio.file.WatchKey
-import java.nio.file.WatchService
+import java.nio.file.*
 
 class IjentWslNioPath(
   private val fileSystem: IjentWslNioFileSystem,
   val delegate: Path,
   cachedAttributes: IjentNioPosixFileAttributesWithDosAdapter?,
-) : Path, BasicFileAttributesHolder2.Impl() {
-  init {
-    myCachedAttributes = WeakReference(cachedAttributes)
-  }
-
+) : Path, BasicFileAttributesHolder2.Impl(cachedAttributes) {
   override fun getFileSystem(): IjentWslNioFileSystem = fileSystem
 
   override fun isAbsolute(): Boolean = delegate.isAbsolute