1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/platform/indexing-api/src/com/intellij/psi/search/searches/ReferencesSearch.java b/platform/indexing-api/src/com/intellij/psi/search/searches/ReferencesSearch.java
index aafb85d529bc..1820de4b2336 100644
--- a/platform/indexing-api/src/com/intellij/psi/search/searches/ReferencesSearch.java
+++ b/platform/indexing-api/src/com/intellij/psi/search/searches/ReferencesSearch.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.extensions.ExtensionPointName;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiReference;
 import com.intellij.psi.search.*;
+import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiUtilCore;
 import com.intellij.util.*;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ public class ReferencesSearch extends ExtensibleQueryFactory<PsiReference, Refer
 
   @NotNull
   public static Query<PsiReference> search(@NotNull PsiElement element) {
-    return search(element, GlobalSearchScope.allScope(element.getProject()), false);
+    return search(element, GlobalSearchScope.allScope(PsiUtilCore.getProjectInReadAction(element)), false);
   }
 
   @NotNull
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ public class ReferencesSearch extends ExtensibleQueryFactory<PsiReference, Refer
 
     final PsiElement element = parameters.getElementToSearch();
 
-    return uniqueResults(new MergeQuery<PsiReference>(result, new SearchRequestQuery(element.getProject(), requests)));
+    return uniqueResults(new MergeQuery<PsiReference>(result, new SearchRequestQuery(PsiUtilCore.getProjectInReadAction(element), requests)));
   }
 
   @NotNull