diff --git a/platform/util/ui/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/IconLoader.java b/platform/util/ui/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/IconLoader.java
index bf23ff50d894..aeacf6eb0b99 100644
--- a/platform/util/ui/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/IconLoader.java
+++ b/platform/util/ui/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/IconLoader.java
@@ -846,7 +846,9 @@ public final class IconLoader {
 
         ImageIcon icon = scaledIconCache.getOrScaleIcon(1f);
         if (icon != null) {
-          this.realIcon = icon.getIconWidth() < 50 && icon.getIconHeight() < 50 ? icon : new SoftReference<>(icon);
+          if (!SVGLoader.isSelectionContext()) {
+            this.realIcon = icon.getIconWidth() < 50 && icon.getIconHeight() < 50 ? icon : new SoftReference<>(icon);
+          }
           return icon;
         }
       }