diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/AbstractTreeUi.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/AbstractTreeUi.java
index 77251fdf7471..40bf789ae495 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/AbstractTreeUi.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/AbstractTreeUi.java
@@ -1531,7 +1531,7 @@ public class AbstractTreeUi {
 
         final Object element = getElementFor(node);
         if (element == null) {
-          debug("null element for node " + node);
+          trace("null element for node " + node);
           result.set(new Pair<>(true, null));
           return;
         }
diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/TreeRunnable.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/TreeRunnable.java
index 98f317703d79..d15025bcd183 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/TreeRunnable.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/ide/util/treeView/TreeRunnable.java
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ abstract class TreeRunnable extends NamedRunnable {
 
   @Override
   public final void run() {
-    debug("started");
+    trace("started");
     try {
       perform();
     }
     finally {
-      debug("finished");
+      trace("finished");
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/NamedRunnable.java b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/NamedRunnable.java
index f7f978304232..486f6928edb3 100644
--- a/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/NamedRunnable.java
+++ b/platform/platform-api/src/com/intellij/openapi/util/NamedRunnable.java
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ public abstract class NamedRunnable implements Runnable {
     myName = name;
   }
 
-  protected void debug(Object message) {
-    if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-      LOG.debug(myName + ": " + message);
+  protected void trace(Object message) {
+    if (LOG.isTraceEnabled()) {
+      LOG.trace(myName + ": " + message);
     }
   }