diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/debugger/AbstractKotlinSteppingTest.kt b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/debugger/AbstractKotlinSteppingTest.kt
index 79e6c08dfcf..a96e9e29e4f 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/debugger/AbstractKotlinSteppingTest.kt
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/debugger/AbstractKotlinSteppingTest.kt
@@ -78,12 +78,6 @@ abstract class AbstractKotlinSteppingTest : KotlinDebuggerTestCase() {
         printContext(this)
     }
 
-    private fun createDebugProcess(pathToFile: String) {
-        val file = File(pathToFile)
-        val packageName = file.name.replace(".kt", "")
-        createLocalProcess(PackageClassUtils.getPackageClassFqName(FqName(packageName)).asString())
-    }
-
     private fun finish() {
         onBreakpoint {
             resume(this)
diff --git a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/debugger/KotlinDebuggerTestCase.java b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/debugger/KotlinDebuggerTestCase.java
index 87be0fdbed0..5f3727b4242 100644
--- a/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/debugger/KotlinDebuggerTestCase.java
+++ b/idea/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/plugin/debugger/KotlinDebuggerTestCase.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.jet.MockLibraryUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.asJava.KotlinLightClassForPackage;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.forTestCompile.ForTestCompileRuntime;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.psi.JetFile;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.java.PackageClassUtils;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.name.FqName;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.plugin.PluginTestCaseBase;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -101,4 +103,11 @@ public abstract class KotlinDebuggerTestCase extends DebuggerTestCase {
 
         createBreakpoints(psiClass.getContainingFile());
     }
+
+    @SuppressWarnings("MethodMayBeStatic")
+    protected void createDebugProcess(@NotNull String path) throws Exception {
+        File file = new File(path);
+        String packageName = file.getName().replace(".kt", "");
+        createLocalProcess(PackageClassUtils.getPackageClassFqName(new FqName(packageName)).asString());
+    }
 }