diff --git a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/PresentableNodeDescriptor.java b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/PresentableNodeDescriptor.java
index 6b264f157cfa..d6cce74e2328 100644
--- a/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/PresentableNodeDescriptor.java
+++ b/platform/editor-ui-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/PresentableNodeDescriptor.java
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ public abstract class PresentableNodeDescriptor<E> extends NodeDescriptor<E>  {
   protected final boolean apply(@NotNull PresentationData presentation, @Nullable PresentationData before) {
     setIcon(presentation.getIcon(false));
     myName = presentation.getPresentableText();
+    if (myName == null) {
+      myName = getColoredTextAsPlainText(presentation);
+    }
     myColor = presentation.getForcedTextForeground();
     boolean updated = !presentation.equals(before);