diff --git a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java
index 66c10c26b528..1a0d9c37388e 100644
--- a/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java
+++ b/platform/platform-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/openapi/vfs/local/LocalFileSystemTest.java
@@ -396,8 +396,8 @@ public class LocalFileSystemTest extends PlatformLangTestCase {
       PersistentFS.getInstance().findRoot("", myFS);
       fail("should fail by assertion in PersistentFsImpl.findRoot()");
     }
-    catch (AssertionError e) {
-      String message = e.getMessage();
+    catch (Throwable t) {
+      String message = t.getMessage();
       assertTrue(message, message.startsWith("Invalid root"));
     }
   }