diff --git a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/ImageUtil.java b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/ImageUtil.java
index af8565e2cec8..2ab3061819f0 100644
--- a/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/ImageUtil.java
+++ b/platform/util/src/com/intellij/util/ui/ImageUtil.java
@@ -40,6 +40,6 @@ public class ImageUtil {
   public static Image filter(Image image, ImageFilter filter) {
     if (image == null || filter == null) return image;
     return Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(
-      new FilteredImageSource(image.getSource(), filter));
+      new FilteredImageSource(toBufferedImage(image).getSource(), filter));
   }
 }