diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/impl/TrustedPathsSettings.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/impl/TrustedPathsSettings.kt
index 0ac9d863ff58..82596dcbebcc 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/impl/TrustedPathsSettings.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/impl/TrustedPathsSettings.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-// Copyright 2000-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+// Copyright 2000-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and contributors. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license.
 package com.intellij.ide.impl
 
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.*
+import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.logger
 import com.intellij.util.io.isAncestor
 import com.intellij.util.xmlb.annotations.OptionTag
 import java.nio.file.Path
@@ -18,7 +19,13 @@ internal class TrustedPathsSettings : SimplePersistentStateComponent<TrustedPath
   }
 
   fun isPathTrusted(path: Path): Boolean {
-    return state.trustedPaths.map { Paths.get(it) }.any { it.isAncestor(path) }
+    return try {
+      state.trustedPaths.map { Paths.get(it) }.any { it.isAncestor(path) }
+    }
+    catch (e: Exception) {
+      LOG.warn(e)
+      false
+    }
   }
 
   fun getTrustedPaths(): List<String> = Collections.unmodifiableList(state.trustedPaths)
@@ -30,4 +37,8 @@ internal class TrustedPathsSettings : SimplePersistentStateComponent<TrustedPath
   fun addTrustedPath(path: String) {
     state.trustedPaths.add(path)
   }
+
+  companion object {
+    val LOG = logger<TrustedPathsSettings>()
+  }
 }
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