diff --git a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/TaskManagerTestCase.java b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/TaskManagerTestCase.java
index 8cd682f609d4..895b92ae8b4e 100644
--- a/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/TaskManagerTestCase.java
+++ b/plugins/tasks/tasks-tests/test/com/intellij/tasks/TaskManagerTestCase.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 package com.intellij.tasks;
 
 import com.intellij.tasks.impl.TaskManagerImpl;
-import com.intellij.testFramework.IdeaTestCase;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.fixtures.LightCodeInsightFixtureTestCase;
 
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -43,8 +42,8 @@ public abstract class TaskManagerTestCase extends LightCodeInsightFixtureTestCas
     }
     finally {
       myTaskManager = null;
+      super.tearDown();
     }
-    super.tearDown();
   }
 
   private void removeAllTasks() {