diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/LanguageTextField.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/LanguageTextField.java
index 8af17d13c8db..41cec4def929 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/LanguageTextField.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ui/LanguageTextField.java
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public class LanguageTextField extends EditorTextField {
       final PsiFileFactory factory = PsiFileFactory.getInstance(notNullProject);
 
       final long stamp = LocalTimeCounter.currentTime();
-      final PsiFile psiFile = factory.createFileFromText("Dummy." + fileType.getDefaultExtension(), fileType, "", stamp, true, false);
+      final PsiFile psiFile = factory.createFileFromText("Dummy." + fileType.getDefaultExtension(), fileType, value, stamp, true, false);
       documentCreator.customizePsiFile(psiFile);
 
       // No need to guess project in getDocument - we already know it
@@ -104,12 +104,6 @@ public class LanguageTextField extends EditorTextField {
         document = ReadAction.compute(() -> PsiDocumentManager.getInstance(notNullProject).getDocument(psiFile));
       }
       assert document != null;
-
-      if (!value.isEmpty()) {
-        ApplicationManager.getApplication().runWriteAction(() -> {
-          document.setText(value); // do not put initial value into backing LightVirtualFile.contentsToByteArray
-        });
-      }
       return document;
     }
     else {