diff --git a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinCoroutinesAsyncStackTraceProvider.kt b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinCoroutinesAsyncStackTraceProvider.kt
index 00f548f648b..7b30985fd01 100644
--- a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinCoroutinesAsyncStackTraceProvider.kt
+++ b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinCoroutinesAsyncStackTraceProvider.kt
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ class KotlinCoroutinesAsyncStackTraceProvider : KotlinCoroutinesAsyncStackTraceP
     private companion object {
         const val DEBUG_METADATA_KT = "kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.DebugMetadataKt"
 
-        private val LOG = Logger.getInstance(this::class.java)
-
         tailrec fun findBaseContinuationSuperSupertype(type: ClassType): ClassType? {
             if (type.name() == "kotlin.coroutines.jvm.internal.BaseContinuationImpl") {
                 return type
@@ -37,25 +35,7 @@ class KotlinCoroutinesAsyncStackTraceProvider : KotlinCoroutinesAsyncStackTraceP
     }
 
     override fun getAsyncStackTrace(stackFrame: JavaStackFrame, suspendContext: SuspendContextImpl): List<StackFrameItem>? {
-        return try {
-            getAsyncStackTraceSafe(stackFrame.stackFrameProxy, suspendContext)
-        } catch (e: Exception) {
-            handleException(e)
-            null
-        }
-    }
-
-    private fun handleException(e: Exception) {
-        when (if (e is EvaluateException) e.cause ?: e else e) {
-            is ObjectCollectedException, is IncompatibleThreadStateException, is VMDisconnectedException -> {}
-            else -> {
-                if (e is EvaluateException) {
-                    LOG.debug("Cannot evaluate async stack trace", e)
-                } else {
-                    throw e
-                }
-            }
-        }
+        return hopelessAware { getAsyncStackTraceSafe(stackFrame.stackFrameProxy, suspendContext) }
     }
 
     fun getAsyncStackTraceSafe(frameProxy: StackFrameProxyImpl, suspendContext: SuspendContextImpl): List<StackFrameItem>? {
diff --git a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinPositionManager.kt b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinPositionManager.kt
index c214a109dde..8489b115bde 100644
--- a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinPositionManager.kt
+++ b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-core/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinPositionManager.kt
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ class KotlinPositionManager(private val myDebugProcess: DebugProcess) : MultiReq
         val psiFile = sourcePosition.file
         if (psiFile is KtFile) {
             if (!ProjectRootsUtil.isInProjectOrLibSource(psiFile)) return emptyList()
-            return DebuggerClassNameProvider(myDebugProcess).getClassesForPosition(sourcePosition)
+            return hopelessAware { DebuggerClassNameProvider(myDebugProcess).getClassesForPosition(sourcePosition) } ?: emptyList()
         }
 
         if (psiFile is ClsFileImpl) {
diff --git a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-evaluation/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinCodeFragmentFactory.kt b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-evaluation/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinCodeFragmentFactory.kt
index 1756008584b..f8610ec5202 100644
--- a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-evaluation/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinCodeFragmentFactory.kt
+++ b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-evaluation/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/evaluate/KotlinCodeFragmentFactory.kt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.KotlinFileType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.core.util.getKotlinJvmRuntimeMarkerClass
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.debugger.evaluate.compilation.DebugLabelPropertyDescriptorProvider
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.debugger.getContextElement
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.debugger.hopelessAware
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.j2k.J2kPostProcessor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.j2k.convertToKotlin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.j2k.j2kText
@@ -175,10 +176,12 @@ class KotlinCodeFragmentFactory : CodeFragmentFactory() {
         val worker = object : DebuggerCommandImpl() {
             override fun action() {
                 try {
-                    val frame = if (ApplicationManager.getApplication().isUnitTestMode) {
-                        contextElement?.getCopyableUserData(DEBUG_CONTEXT_FOR_TESTS)?.frameProxy?.stackFrame
-                    } else {
-                        debuggerContext.frameProxy?.stackFrame
+                    val frame = hopelessAware {
+                        if (ApplicationManager.getApplication().isUnitTestMode) {
+                            contextElement?.getCopyableUserData(DEBUG_CONTEXT_FOR_TESTS)?.frameProxy?.stackFrame
+                        } else {
+                            debuggerContext.frameProxy?.stackFrame
+                        }
                     }
 
                     frameInfo = FrameInfo.from(debuggerContext.project, frame)
diff --git a/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/hopelessExceptionUtil.kt b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/hopelessExceptionUtil.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0835fb1776a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/jvm-debugger/jvm-debugger-util/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/hopelessExceptionUtil.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.debugger
+
+import com.intellij.debugger.engine.evaluation.EvaluateException
+import com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger
+import com.sun.jdi.IncompatibleThreadStateException
+import com.sun.jdi.VMDisconnectedException
+
+private val LOG = Logger.getInstance("HopelessExceptionUtils")
+
+inline fun <T : Any> hopelessAware(block: () -> T?): T? {
+    return try {
+        block()
+    } catch (e: Exception) {
+        handleHopelessException(e)
+        null
+    }
+}
+
+fun handleHopelessException(e: Exception) {
+    when (if (e is EvaluateException) e.cause ?: e else e) {
+        is IncompatibleThreadStateException, is VMDisconnectedException -> {}
+        else -> {
+            if (e is EvaluateException) {
+                LOG.debug("Cannot evaluate async stack trace", e)
+            } else {
+                throw e
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
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