diff --git a/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinStackFrame.kt b/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinStackFrame.kt
index 15694b479fe..cdd0e384651 100644
--- a/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinStackFrame.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/KotlinStackFrame.kt
@@ -25,8 +25,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.inline.isFakeLocalVariableForInline
 
 class KotlinStackFrame(frame: StackFrameProxyImpl) : JavaStackFrame(StackFrameDescriptorImpl(frame, MethodsTracker()), true) {
     override fun getVisibleVariables(): List<LocalVariableProxyImpl>? {
-        return super.getVisibleVariables().filter {
-            !isFakeLocalVariableForInline(it.name())
-        }
+        return super.getStackFrameProxy().visibleVariablesSafe()
+            .filter { !isFakeLocalVariableForInline(it.name()) }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/debuggerUtil.kt b/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/debuggerUtil.kt
index 53224102643..2334dc3f152 100644
--- a/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/debuggerUtil.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/debuggerUtil.kt
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.debugger
 
 import com.intellij.debugger.engine.DebugProcessImpl
 import com.intellij.debugger.engine.DebuggerManagerThreadImpl
+import com.intellij.debugger.engine.evaluation.AbsentInformationEvaluateException
 import com.intellij.debugger.engine.events.DebuggerCommandImpl
 import com.intellij.debugger.impl.DebuggerContextImpl
 import com.intellij.debugger.impl.DebuggerUtilsEx
 import com.intellij.debugger.jdi.LocalVariableProxyImpl
+import com.intellij.debugger.jdi.StackFrameProxyImpl
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
 import com.sun.jdi.*
 import com.sun.tools.jdi.LocalVariableImpl
@@ -30,6 +32,17 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.inline.InlineUtil
 import java.util.*
 
+fun StackFrameProxyImpl.visibleVariablesSafe(): List<LocalVariableProxyImpl> {
+    try {
+        return visibleVariables()
+    } catch (e: AbsentInformationEvaluateException) {
+        // Current implementation of visibleVariables() wraps an AbsentInformationException into EvaluateException
+        return emptyList()
+    } catch (e: AbsentInformationException) {
+        return emptyList()
+    }
+}
+
 fun Method.safeAllLineLocations(): List<Location> {
     return DebuggerUtilsEx.allLineLocations(this) ?: emptyList()
 }
diff --git a/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/stepping/KotlinSteppingCommandProvider.kt b/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/stepping/KotlinSteppingCommandProvider.kt
index 908c5a8c515..356ac09bf16 100644
--- a/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/stepping/KotlinSteppingCommandProvider.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/debugger/stepping/KotlinSteppingCommandProvider.kt
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ private fun SuspendContextImpl.getNextPositionWithFilter(
 }
 
 fun getInlineRangeLocalVariables(stackFrame: StackFrameProxyImpl): List<LocalVariable> {
-    return stackFrame.visibleVariables()
+    return stackFrame.visibleVariablesSafe()
         .filter {
             val name = it.name()
             name.startsWith(JvmAbi.LOCAL_VARIABLE_NAME_PREFIX_INLINE_FUNCTION)