diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/impl/NotificationsManagerImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/impl/NotificationsManagerImpl.java
index 3745ac84736b..e1f13f696ed4 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/impl/NotificationsManagerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/notification/impl/NotificationsManagerImpl.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import com.intellij.notification.*;
 import com.intellij.notification.impl.ui.NotificationsUtil;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.Application;
 import com.intellij.openapi.application.ApplicationManager;
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.ModalityState;
+import com.intellij.openapi.application.ex.ApplicationEx;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.DumbAwareRunnable;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project;
 import com.intellij.openapi.project.ProjectManager;
@@ -111,6 +113,18 @@ public class NotificationsManagerImpl extends NotificationsManager {
   }
 
   private static void showNotification(final Notification notification, @Nullable final Project project) {
+    Application application = ApplicationManager.getApplication();
+    if (application instanceof ApplicationEx && !((ApplicationEx)application).isLoaded()) {
+      application.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+          showNotification(notification, project);
+        }
+      }, ModalityState.current());
+      return;
+    }
+
+
     String groupId = notification.getGroupId();
     final NotificationSettings settings = NotificationsConfigurationImpl.getSettings(groupId);