diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt
index da2416019bf4..01cef481367f 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/RecentProjectListActionProvider.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package com.intellij.ide
 import com.intellij.ide.impl.ProjectUtil
 import com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.AnAction
 import com.intellij.openapi.components.service
+import com.intellij.openapi.project.Project
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil
@@ -93,6 +94,13 @@ open class RecentProjectListActionProvider {
     return ReopenProjectAction(path, projectName, displayName)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns true if action corresponds to specified project
+   */
+  open fun isCurrentProjectAction(project: Project, action: ReopenProjectAction): Boolean {
+    return StringUtil.equals(action.projectPath, project.basePath)
+  }
+
   private fun getDuplicateProjectNames(openedPaths: Set<String>, recentPaths: Collection<String>): Set<String> {
     val names = mutableSetOf<String>()
     val duplicates = mutableSetOf<String>()
diff --git a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/RecentProjectsGroup.java b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/RecentProjectsGroup.java
index 1a8d0913958d..0e88a2733ca1 100644
--- a/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/RecentProjectsGroup.java
+++ b/platform/platform-impl/src/com/intellij/ide/actions/RecentProjectsGroup.java
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ public class RecentProjectsGroup extends ActionGroup implements DumbAware {
       return actions.toArray(EMPTY_ARRAY);
     }
 
+    RecentProjectListActionProvider provider = RecentProjectListActionProvider.getInstance();
     List<AnAction> list = new ArrayList<>();
     for (AnAction action : actions) {
-      if (!(action instanceof ReopenProjectAction) || !StringUtil.equals(((ReopenProjectAction)action).getProjectPath(), project.getBasePath())) {
+      if (!(action instanceof ReopenProjectAction) || !provider.isCurrentProjectAction(project, (ReopenProjectAction)action)) {
         list.add(action);
       }
     }