diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/CaretImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/CaretImpl.java
index 874685d1ac0a..49fae09f8d03 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/CaretImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/CaretImpl.java
@@ -825,7 +825,6 @@ public class CaretImpl extends UserDataHolderBase implements Caret, Dumpable {
 
   void afterDocumentChange(@NotNull final DocumentEventImpl event) {
     final DocumentEx document = myEditor.getDocument();
-    if (document.isInBulkUpdate()) return;
     boolean performSoftWrapAdjustment = event.getNewLength() > 0 // We want to put caret just after the last added symbol
                                         // There is a possible case that the user removes text just before the soft wrap. We want to keep caret
                                         // on a visual line with soft wrap start then.
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/CaretModelImpl.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/CaretModelImpl.java
index 38e79c6f6b6c..ffb1e98d7fe7 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/CaretModelImpl.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/CaretModelImpl.java
@@ -81,11 +81,13 @@ public class CaretModelImpl implements CaretModel, PrioritizedDocumentListener,
     isDocumentChanged = true;
     try {
       myIsInUpdate = false;
-      doWithCaretMerging(() -> {
-        for (CaretImpl caret : myCarets) {
-          caret.afterDocumentChange((DocumentEventImpl)e);
-        }
-      });
+      if (!myEditor.getDocument().isInBulkUpdate()) {
+        doWithCaretMerging(() -> {
+          for (CaretImpl caret : myCarets) {
+            caret.afterDocumentChange((DocumentEventImpl)e);
+          }
+        });
+      }
     }
     finally {
       isDocumentChanged = false;
diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorImplTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorImplTest.java
index 0a0191ed796f..ea857bb068a3 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorImplTest.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/editor/impl/EditorImplTest.java
@@ -137,6 +137,29 @@ public class EditorImplTest extends AbstractEditorTest {
     checkResultByText("something\telse");
   }
 
+  public void testCaretMergeDuringBulkModeDocumentUpdate() throws Exception {
+    initText("a<selection>bcdef<caret></selection>g\n" +
+             "a<selection>bcdef<caret></selection>g");
+    new WriteCommandAction.Simple(getProject()) {
+      @Override
+      protected void run() throws Throwable {
+        DocumentEx document = (DocumentEx)myEditor.getDocument();
+        document.setInBulkUpdate(true);
+        try {
+          // delete selected text
+          document.deleteString(1, 6);
+          document.deleteString(4, 9);
+        }
+        finally {
+          document.setInBulkUpdate(false);
+        }
+      }
+    }.execute().throwException();
+
+    checkResultByText("a<caret>g\n" +
+                      "a<caret>g");
+  }
+
   public void testPositionCalculationForOneCharacterFolds() throws Exception {
     initText("something");
     addCollapsedFoldRegion(1, 2, "...");