diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalJvmCompilerRunner.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalJvmCompilerRunner.kt
index 445aa7efae4..eb0cae5c950 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalJvmCompilerRunner.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalJvmCompilerRunner.kt
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ internal class IncrementalJvmCompilerRunner(
             caches.incrementalCache.markOutputClassesDirty(dirtySources)
             caches.incrementalCache.removeClassfilesBySources(dirtySources)
 
-            val (sourcesToCompile, removedKotlinSources) = dirtySources.partition { it.isFile }
+            val (sourcesToCompile, removedKotlinSources) = dirtySources.partition(File::exists)
             if (sourcesToCompile.isNotEmpty()) {
                 reporter.report { "compile iteration: ${reporter.pathsAsString(sourcesToCompile)}" }
             }