diff --git a/plugins/ui-designer/src/com/intellij/uiDesigner/designSurface/GuiEditor.java b/plugins/ui-designer/src/com/intellij/uiDesigner/designSurface/GuiEditor.java
index 79953db15c25..a3f4150a240d 100644
--- a/plugins/ui-designer/src/com/intellij/uiDesigner/designSurface/GuiEditor.java
+++ b/plugins/ui-designer/src/com/intellij/uiDesigner/designSurface/GuiEditor.java
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ import com.intellij.uiDesigner.lw.IComponent;
 import com.intellij.uiDesigner.lw.IProperty;
 import com.intellij.uiDesigner.lw.LwRootContainer;
 import com.intellij.uiDesigner.palette.ComponentItem;
+import com.intellij.uiDesigner.propertyInspector.PropertyInspector;
 import com.intellij.uiDesigner.propertyInspector.UIDesignerToolWindowManager;
 import com.intellij.uiDesigner.propertyInspector.properties.IntroStringProperty;
 import com.intellij.uiDesigner.radComponents.RadComponent;
@@ -465,7 +466,8 @@ public final class GuiEditor extends JPanel implements DataProvider {
 
     // Standard Swing cut/copy/paste actions should work if user is editing something inside property inspector
     final UIDesignerToolWindowManager manager = UIDesignerToolWindowManager.getInstance(getProject());
-    if (manager.getPropertyInspector().isEditing()) {
+    final PropertyInspector inspector = manager.getPropertyInspector();
+    if (inspector != null && inspector.isEditing()) {
       return null;
     }