diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/diff/impl/DiffSplitter.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/diff/impl/DiffSplitter.java
index 6da18259ece1..5f4507dcfad3 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/diff/impl/DiffSplitter.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/diff/impl/DiffSplitter.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class DiffSplitter extends Splitter implements DiffSplitterI {
     setDividerWidth(30);
     setFirstComponent(component1);
     setSecondComponent(component2);
+    setHonorComponentsMinimumSize(false);
   }
 
   protected Splitter.Divider createDivider() {