diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/ConfigurableStatisticsService.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/ConfigurableStatisticsService.java
index dd0ddec55cfd..fdaaf30d528c 100755
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/ConfigurableStatisticsService.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/ConfigurableStatisticsService.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public abstract class ConfigurableStatisticsService<T extends StatisticsConnecti
     return new StatisticsNotification(groupDisplayId, listener);
   }
 
-  @Nullable
+  @NotNull
   // result: the content was sent.
   protected abstract String sendData();
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/fus/FUStatisticsService.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/fus/FUStatisticsService.java
index b5b23bf1c8fa..2186882f4861 100755
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/fus/FUStatisticsService.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/fus/FUStatisticsService.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import org.apache.http.impl.client.HttpClientBuilder;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 public class FUStatisticsService extends ConfigurableStatisticsService<FUStatisticsSettingsService> {
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance("com.intellij.internal.statistic.service.whiteList.FUStatisticsService");
@@ -28,16 +29,27 @@ public class FUStatisticsService extends ConfigurableStatisticsService<FUStatist
   private static final FUStatisticsAggregator myAggregator = FUStatisticsAggregator.create();
 
   @Override
+  @NotNull
   protected String sendData() {
     String serviceUrl = mySettingsService.getServiceUrl();
-    if (serviceUrl == null) return null;
+    if (serviceUrl == null) {
+      throw new StatServiceException("Unknown Statistics Server URL");
+    }
 
-    FSContent allDataFromCollectors = myAggregator.getUsageCollectorsData(mySettingsService.getApprovedGroups());
-    if (allDataFromCollectors == null) return null;
+    Set<String> approvedGroups = mySettingsService.getApprovedGroups();
+    if (approvedGroups.isEmpty()) {
+        throw new StatServiceException("There are no approved collectors or Statistics White List Service is unavailable.");
+    }
+    FSContent allDataFromCollectors = myAggregator.getUsageCollectorsData(approvedGroups);
+    if (allDataFromCollectors == null) {
+      throw new StatServiceException("There are no data from collectors to send");
+    }
 
     try {
       String dataToSend = FUStatisticsStateService.create().getMergedDataToSend(allDataFromCollectors.asJsonString());
-      if (dataToSend == null) return null;
+      if (dataToSend == null) {
+        throw new StatServiceException("There are no data from collectors to send");
+      }
 
       HttpResponse response = postStatistics(serviceUrl, dataToSend);
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/old/OldConfigurableStatisticsService.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/old/OldConfigurableStatisticsService.java
index e41c5911d8c3..9fc5c2872230 100755
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/old/OldConfigurableStatisticsService.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/internal/statistic/service/old/OldConfigurableStatisticsService.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class OldConfigurableStatisticsService extends
   private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getInstance(OldConfigurableStatisticsService.class);
   private final StatisticsConnectionService connectionService = new OldStatisticsConnectionService();
 
+  @NotNull
   @Override
   public String sendData() {
     String url = connectionService.getServiceUrl();