diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/EmptyIcon.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/EmptyIcon.java
index 2d08af300fdf..b77ddba23dfa 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/EmptyIcon.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/EmptyIcon.java
@@ -80,12 +80,12 @@ public class EmptyIcon implements Icon, ScalableIcon {
 
   @Override
   public int getIconWidth() {
-    return scale == 1f ? width : (int) (width * scale);
+    return scale(width);
   }
 
   @Override
   public int getIconHeight() {
-    return scale == 1f ? height : (int) (height * scale);
+    return scale(height);
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ public class EmptyIcon implements Icon, ScalableIcon {
     return new EmptyIconUIResource(this);
   }
 
+  protected int scale(int n) {
+    return scale == 1f ? n : (int) (n * scale);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public Icon scale(float scaleFactor) {
     if (scaleFactor != scale) {