diff --git a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/editor/GroovyQuoteHandler.java b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/editor/GroovyQuoteHandler.java
index 18078968b3d4..a3abaa200b67 100644
--- a/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/editor/GroovyQuoteHandler.java
+++ b/plugins/groovy/src/org/jetbrains/plugins/groovy/editor/GroovyQuoteHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2000-2012 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ * Copyright 2000-2013 JetBrains s.r.o.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ public class GroovyQuoteHandler implements MultiCharQuoteHandler {
     final IElementType tokenType = iterator.getTokenType();
     if (tokenType == mSTRING_LITERAL || tokenType == mGSTRING_BEGIN || tokenType == mGSTRING_LITERAL || tokenType == mGSTRING_CONTENT) {
       final Document document = iterator.getDocument();
+      if (document == null) return false;
       final String literal = document.getText().substring(iterator.getStart(), offset + 1);
       if ("'''".equals(literal) || "\"\"\"".equals(literal) || "'".equals(literal) || "\"".equals(literal)) {
         return true;