diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java
index 3cd9b51b8961..f5ab4c4e6a5b 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/codeInsight/daemon/LightAdvHighlightingTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlAttribute;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlTag;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlToken;
 import com.intellij.psi.xml.XmlTokenType;
+import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
 import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NonNls;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -290,6 +291,8 @@ public class LightAdvHighlightingTest extends LightDaemonAnalyzerTestCase {
       binary.getLOperand().replace(expression);
       binary.getROperand().replace(literal);
 
+      UIUtil.dispatchAllInvocationEvents();
+
       expression.replace(binary);
       PostprocessReformattingAspect.getInstance(getProject()).clear(); // OOM otherwise
     }