diff --git a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/OutsidersPsiFileSupportUtils.kt b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/OutsidersPsiFileSupportUtils.kt
index 0988f8c0b8d..3fb6500fcd6 100644
--- a/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/OutsidersPsiFileSupportUtils.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-analysis/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/highlighter/OutsidersPsiFileSupportUtils.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ object OutsidersPsiFileSupportUtils {
 
         val originalFilePath = OutsidersPsiFileSupportWrapper.getOriginalFilePath(virtualFile) ?: return null
 
-        return generateSequence(VfsUtil.findFile(Paths.get(originalFilePath), true)) {
+        return generateSequence(VfsUtil.findFile(Paths.get(originalFilePath), false)) {
             if (it == project.baseDir) null else it.parent
         }.filter { it.exists() }.firstOrNull()
     }