diff --git a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/fileTemplates/impl/FileTemplateManagerImpl.java b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/fileTemplates/impl/FileTemplateManagerImpl.java
index e39d357b7d34..424edf1efcb1 100644
--- a/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/fileTemplates/impl/FileTemplateManagerImpl.java
+++ b/platform/lang-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/fileTemplates/impl/FileTemplateManagerImpl.java
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ public class FileTemplateManagerImpl extends FileTemplateManager implements Expo
       if (templatesGroup == null) {
         continue;
       }
-      final List children = element.getChildren(ELEMENT_TEMPLATE);
+      final List children = templatesGroup.getChildren(ELEMENT_TEMPLATE);
       
       for (final Object elem : children) {
         final Element child = (Element)elem;