diff --git a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/PsiTreeChangePreprocessorBase.java b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/PsiTreeChangePreprocessorBase.java
index 29205d8d6c96..d3bfe8d4bf73 100644
--- a/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/PsiTreeChangePreprocessorBase.java
+++ b/platform/core-impl/src/com/intellij/psi/impl/PsiTreeChangePreprocessorBase.java
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ public abstract class PsiTreeChangePreprocessorBase implements PsiTreeChangePrep
     }
 
     if (!changedInsideCodeBlock) {
-      getModificationTracker().incOutOfCodeBlockModificationCounter();
+      processOutOfCodeBlockModification(event);
     }
   }