diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/MarkupModelImpl.java b/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/MarkupModelImpl.java
index 50a9922d1bcb..161254604022 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/MarkupModelImpl.java
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-ex/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/MarkupModelImpl.java
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ public class MarkupModelImpl extends UserDataHolderBase implements MarkupModelEx
     }
 
     int offset = getFirstNonSpaceCharOffset(getDocument(), lineNumber);
-    return addRangeHighlighter(PersistentRangeHighlighterImpl.create(this, offset, layer, HighlighterTargetArea.LINES_IN_RANGE, null, false), null);
+    return addRangeHighlighter(PersistentRangeHighlighterImpl.create(this, offset, layer, HighlighterTargetArea.LINES_IN_RANGE, textAttributes, false), null);
   }
 
   private boolean isNotValidLine(int lineNumber) {