diff --git a/idea/idea-android/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/inspection/IllegalIdentifierInspection.kt b/idea/idea-android/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/inspection/IllegalIdentifierInspection.kt
index 8ca83c74a8b..2c1cdc4282f 100644
--- a/idea/idea-android/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/inspection/IllegalIdentifierInspection.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-android/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/android/inspection/IllegalIdentifierInspection.kt
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ class IllegalIdentifierInspection : AbstractKotlinInspection() {
         override fun getName() = "Rename"
         override fun getFamilyName() = name
 
+        override fun startInWriteAction(): Boolean = false
+
         override fun applyFix(project: Project, descriptor: ProblemDescriptor) {
             val element = descriptor.psiElement ?: return
             val file = element.containingFile ?: return