diff --git a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/util/HgUtil.java b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/util/HgUtil.java
index 06b5446f8485..3204be8ff52c 100644
--- a/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/util/HgUtil.java
+++ b/plugins/hg4idea/src/org/zmlx/hg4idea/util/HgUtil.java
@@ -436,6 +436,7 @@ public abstract class HgUtil {
   public static Map<VirtualFile, Collection<FilePath>> groupFilePathsByHgRoots(@NotNull Project project,
                                                                                @NotNull Collection<FilePath> files) {
     Map<VirtualFile, Collection<FilePath>> sorted = new HashMap<VirtualFile, Collection<FilePath>>();
+    if (project.isDisposed()) return sorted;
     HgRepositoryManager repositoryManager = getRepositoryManager(project);
     for (FilePath file : files) {
       HgRepository repo = repositoryManager.getRepositoryForFile(file);