diff --git a/idea/idea-repl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/console/ReplOutputHandler.kt b/idea/idea-repl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/console/ReplOutputHandler.kt
index 0656d25154e..a5a2c07a190 100644
--- a/idea/idea-repl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/console/ReplOutputHandler.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-repl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/console/ReplOutputHandler.kt
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ class ReplOutputHandler(
     }
 
     private fun handleReplMessage(text: String) {
+        if (text.isBlank()) return
         val output = try {
             factory.newDocumentBuilder().parse(strToSource(text))
         }