diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileEditor/impl/EditorTabPresentationUtil.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileEditor/impl/EditorTabPresentationUtil.java
index 059824ce92af..547afc2d31d4 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileEditor/impl/EditorTabPresentationUtil.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/fileEditor/impl/EditorTabPresentationUtil.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.Extensions;
 import com.intellij.openapi.fileEditor.UniqueVFilePathBuilder;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbService;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
+import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ public class EditorTabPresentationUtil {
       Extensions.getExtensions(EditorTabTitleProvider.EP_NAME));
     for (EditorTabTitleProvider provider : providers) {
       String result = provider.getEditorTabTitle(project, file, editorWindow);
-      if (result != null) {
+      if (StringUtil.isNotEmpty(result)) {
         return result;
       }
     }