diff --git a/plugins/eclipse/common-eclipse-util/src/EclipseProjectFinder.java b/plugins/eclipse/common-eclipse-util/src/EclipseProjectFinder.java
index 9b76c6ff7014..41041ae54198 100644
--- a/plugins/eclipse/common-eclipse-util/src/EclipseProjectFinder.java
+++ b/plugins/eclipse/common-eclipse-util/src/EclipseProjectFinder.java
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ public class EclipseProjectFinder implements EclipseXml {
     if (file.isFile()) {
       try {
         name = JDOMUtil.loadDocument(file).getRootElement().getChildText(NAME_TAG);
+        if (StringUtil.isEmptyOrSpaces(name)) {
+          return null;
+        }
+        name = name.replace("\n", " ").trim();
       }
       catch (JDOMException e) {
         return null;