diff --git a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/xml/actions/ValidateXmlActionHandler.java b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/xml/actions/ValidateXmlActionHandler.java
index d15dcba62f6e..aa7a8ae8bbd6 100644
--- a/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/xml/actions/ValidateXmlActionHandler.java
+++ b/xml/impl/src/com/intellij/xml/actions/ValidateXmlActionHandler.java
@@ -93,19 +93,18 @@ public class ValidateXmlActionHandler {
     myErrorReporter = errorReporter;
   }
 
-  @Nullable
   public VirtualFile getFile(String publicId, String systemId) {
     if (publicId == null) {
       if (systemId != null) {
         final String path = myXmlResourceResolver.getPathByPublicId(systemId);
-        if (path != null) return UriUtil.findRelative(path, myFile);
+        if (path != null) return UriUtil.findRelativeFile(path,null);
         final PsiFile file = myXmlResourceResolver.resolve(null, systemId);
         if (file != null) return file.getVirtualFile();
       }
       return myFile.getVirtualFile();
     }
     final String path = myXmlResourceResolver.getPathByPublicId(publicId);
-    if (path != null) return UriUtil.findRelative(path, myFile);
+    if (path != null) return UriUtil.findRelativeFile(path,null);
     return null;
   }