diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/AbstractColorsScheme.java b/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/AbstractColorsScheme.java
index 6fd9f3bfc839..f2922966eba2 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/AbstractColorsScheme.java
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/colors/impl/AbstractColorsScheme.java
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractColorsScheme implements EditorColorsScheme {
 
   @Override
   public void setLineSpacing(float lineSpacing) {
-    myLineSpacing = lineSpacing;
+    myLineSpacing = EditorFontsConstants.checkAndFixEditorLineSpacing(lineSpacing);
   }
 
   @Override