diff --git a/jps/jps-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/CompilerSettings.kt b/jps/jps-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/CompilerSettings.kt
index 67326926e1c..a25232cf9d9 100644
--- a/jps/jps-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/CompilerSettings.kt
+++ b/jps/jps-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/CompilerSettings.kt
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ class CompilerSettings {
 }
 
 val CompilerSettings.additionalArgumentsAsList: List<String>
-    get() = StringUtil.splitHonorQuotes(additionalArguments, ' ').map {
-        if (it.startsWith('"')) StringUtil.unescapeChar(StringUtil.unquoteString(it), '"') else it
-    }
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+    get() = splitArgumentString(additionalArguments)
+
+fun splitArgumentString(arguments: String) = StringUtil.splitHonorQuotes(arguments, ' ').map {
+    if (it.startsWith('"')) StringUtil.unescapeChar(StringUtil.unquoteString(it), '"') else it
+}
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