diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/JetTestUtils.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/JetTestUtils.java
index 1817d48b690..f6f5cff92d5 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/JetTestUtils.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/JetTestUtils.java
@@ -442,16 +442,15 @@ public class JetTestUtils {
 
     public static void assertEqualsToFile(@NotNull File expectedFile, @NotNull String actual) {
         try {
+            String actualText = UtilPackage.removeTrailingWhitespacesFromEachLine(StringUtil.convertLineSeparators(actual.trim()));
+
             if (!expectedFile.exists()) {
-                FileUtil.writeToFile(expectedFile, actual);
+                FileUtil.writeToFile(expectedFile, actualText);
                 Assert.fail("Expected data file did not exist. Generating: " + expectedFile);
             }
             String expected = FileUtil.loadFile(expectedFile, CharsetToolkit.UTF8, true);
 
-            String expectedText = UtilPackage.removeTrailingWhitespacesFromEachLine(
-                    StringUtil.convertLineSeparators(expected.trim()));
-            String actualText = UtilPackage.removeTrailingWhitespacesFromEachLine(
-                    StringUtil.convertLineSeparators(actual.trim()));
+            String expectedText = UtilPackage.removeTrailingWhitespacesFromEachLine(StringUtil.convertLineSeparators(expected.trim()));
 
             if (!Comparing.equal(expectedText, actualText)) {
                 throw new FileComparisonFailure("Actual data differs from file content: " + expectedFile.getName(),