diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorCopyPasteHelperImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorCopyPasteHelperImpl.java
index 783854a1dee1..7ee1a96035c6 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorCopyPasteHelperImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorCopyPasteHelperImpl.java
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ public class EditorCopyPasteHelperImpl extends EditorCopyPasteHelper {
     if (text == null) return null;
 
     if (editor.getCaretModel().supportsMultipleCarets()) {
+      CaretStateTransferableData caretData = null;
       int caretCount = editor.getCaretModel().getCaretCount();
       if (caretCount == 1 && editor.isColumnMode()) {
         int pastedLineCount = LineTokenizer.calcLineCount(text, true);
@@ -96,13 +97,14 @@ public class EditorCopyPasteHelperImpl extends EditorCopyPasteHelper {
         }
         caretCount = editor.getCaretModel().getCaretCount();
       }
-      CaretStateTransferableData caretData = null;
-      try {
-        caretData = content.isDataFlavorSupported(CaretStateTransferableData.FLAVOR)
-                    ? (CaretStateTransferableData)content.getTransferData(CaretStateTransferableData.FLAVOR) : null;
-      }
-      catch (Exception e) {
-        LOG.error(e);
+      else {
+        try {
+          caretData = content.isDataFlavorSupported(CaretStateTransferableData.FLAVOR)
+                      ? (CaretStateTransferableData)content.getTransferData(CaretStateTransferableData.FLAVOR) : null;
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+          LOG.error(e);
+        }
       }
       final TextRange[] ranges = new TextRange[caretCount];
       final Iterator<String> segments = new ClipboardTextPerCaretSplitter().split(text, caretData, caretCount).iterator();
diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/EditorMultiCaretColumnModeTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/EditorMultiCaretColumnModeTest.java
index a1c81695fddf..af52e69373d6 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/EditorMultiCaretColumnModeTest.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/EditorMultiCaretColumnModeTest.java
@@ -298,6 +298,21 @@ public class EditorMultiCaretColumnModeTest extends AbstractEditorTest {
                       "ccccc");
   }
 
+  public void testPasteOfSeveralLinesCopiedFromIdeaToASingleCaret() throws Exception {
+    init("a\n" +
+         "bbb\n" +
+         "ccccc");
+    ((EditorEx)myEditor).setColumnMode(false);
+    mouse().pressAt(0, 0).dragTo(1, 1).release();
+    copy();
+    ((EditorEx)myEditor).setColumnMode(true);
+    mouse().clickAt(1, 0);
+    paste();
+    checkResultByText("a\n" +
+                      "a<caret>bbb\n" +
+                      "b<caret>ccccc");
+  }
+
   public void testSelectToDocumentStart() throws Exception {
     init("line1\n" +
          "line2\n" +