diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/SaveAndSyncHandler.kt b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/SaveAndSyncHandler.kt
index f11ebf1d3115..b5d407dd061c 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/SaveAndSyncHandler.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/SaveAndSyncHandler.kt
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ abstract class SaveAndSyncHandler {
   @ApiStatus.Experimental
   abstract fun scheduleSave(task: SaveTask, forceExecuteImmediately: Boolean = false)
 
+  fun scheduleProjectSave(project: Project) = scheduleSave(SaveTask(project, saveDocuments = false))
+
   @Deprecated("", ReplaceWith("FileDocumentManager.getInstance().saveAllDocuments()", "com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.FileDocumentManager"))
   fun saveProjectsAndDocuments() {
     // used only by https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/11072-openjml-esc
diff --git a/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/SpellCheckerManager.java b/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/SpellCheckerManager.java
index cbf6c876684c..f1a3b7fb3bdf 100644
--- a/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/SpellCheckerManager.java
+++ b/spellchecker/src/com/intellij/spellchecker/SpellCheckerManager.java
@@ -259,8 +259,7 @@ public class SpellCheckerManager implements Disposable {
   private void fireDictionaryChanged(@NotNull EditableDictionary dictionary) {
     myUserDictionaryListenerEventDispatcher.getMulticaster().dictChanged(dictionary);
     restartInspections();
-    SaveAndSyncHandler.getInstance().scheduleSave(new SaveAndSyncHandler.SaveTask(project, false), false);
-    project.save();
+    SaveAndSyncHandler.getInstance().scheduleProjectSave(project);
   }
 
   public void updateUserDictionary(@NotNull Collection<String> words) {