diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerRootsTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerRootsTest.java
index f1712c35a908..e6a435b5f8aa 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerRootsTest.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/impl/VirtualFilePointerRootsTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.pointers.VirtualFilePointerManager;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.PlatformTestCase;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.PlatformTestUtil;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.PsiTestUtil;
+import com.intellij.testFramework.RunFirst;
 import com.intellij.util.ArrayUtil;
 import com.intellij.util.ui.UIUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+@RunFirst
 public class VirtualFilePointerRootsTest extends PlatformTestCase {
   private final Disposable disposable = Disposer.newDisposable();
   private VirtualFilePointerManagerImpl myVirtualFilePointerManager;