diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
index 5e8d4dfa0d6..61fb27d8272 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.context.*;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.inline.*;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.intrinsics.IntrinsicMethod;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.intrinsics.IntrinsicMethods;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.signature.BothSignatureWriter;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.state.GenerationState;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.state.JetTypeMapper;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.when.SwitchCodegen;
@@ -2311,10 +2312,13 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor<StackValue, StackValue> implem
             TypeParameterDescriptor parameterDescriptor = TypeUtils.getTypeParameterDescriptorOrNull(entry.getValue());
             if (parameterDescriptor == null) {
                 // type is not generic
-                // boxType call needed because inlined method is compiled for T as java/lang/Object
+                BothSignatureWriter signatureWriter = new BothSignatureWriter(BothSignatureWriter.Mode.TYPE);
+                Type type = typeMapper.mapTypeParameter(entry.getValue(), signatureWriter);
+
                 mappings.addParameterMappingToType(
                         key.getName().getIdentifier(),
-                        boxType(asmType(entry.getValue()))
+                        type,
+                        signatureWriter.toString()
                 );
             }
             else {
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/inline/ReifiedTypeInliner.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/inline/ReifiedTypeInliner.kt
index 80556472b24..6215215bc82 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/inline/ReifiedTypeInliner.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/inline/ReifiedTypeInliner.kt
@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@ public class ReifiedTypeInliner(private val parametersMapping: ReifiedTypeParame
                 }
 
                 // else TypeVariable is replaced by concrete type
-                visitClassType(mapping.asmType!!.getInternalName())
-                visitEnd()
+                SignatureReader(mapping.signature).accept(this)
             }
 
             override fun visitFormalTypeParameter(name: String?) {
@@ -197,12 +196,12 @@ public class ReifiedTypeInliner(private val parametersMapping: ReifiedTypeParame
 public class ReifiedTypeParameterMappings() {
     private val mappingsByName = hashMapOf<String, ReifiedTypeParameterMapping>()
 
-    public fun addParameterMappingToType(name: String, asmType: Type) {
-        mappingsByName[name] =  ReifiedTypeParameterMapping(name, asmType, null)
+    public fun addParameterMappingToType(name: String, asmType: Type, signature: String) {
+        mappingsByName[name] =  ReifiedTypeParameterMapping(name, asmType, newName = null, signature = signature)
     }
 
     public fun addParameterMappingToNewParameter(name: String, newName: String) {
-        mappingsByName[name] = ReifiedTypeParameterMapping(name, null, newName)
+        mappingsByName[name] = ReifiedTypeParameterMapping(name, asmType = null, newName = newName, signature = null)
     }
 
     fun get(name: String): ReifiedTypeParameterMapping? {
@@ -210,7 +209,7 @@ public class ReifiedTypeParameterMappings() {
     }
 }
 
-public class ReifiedTypeParameterMapping(val name: String, val asmType: Type?, val newName: String?)
+public class ReifiedTypeParameterMapping(val name: String, val asmType: Type?, val newName: String?, val signature: String?)
 
 public class ReifiedTypeParametersUsages {
     val usedTypeParameters: MutableSet<String> = hashSetOf()
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/state/JetTypeMapper.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/state/JetTypeMapper.java
index 900f13c7398..1a4d71cf4a2 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/state/JetTypeMapper.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/state/JetTypeMapper.java
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ public class JetTypeMapper {
         return mapType(jetType, signatureVisitor, JetTypeMapperMode.SUPER_TYPE);
     }
 
+    @NotNull
+    public Type mapTypeParameter(@NotNull JetType jetType, @Nullable BothSignatureWriter signatureVisitor) {
+        return mapType(jetType, signatureVisitor, JetTypeMapperMode.TYPE_PARAMETER);
+    }
+
     @NotNull
     public Type mapClass(@NotNull ClassifierDescriptor classifier) {
         return mapType(classifier.getDefaultType(), null, JetTypeMapperMode.IMPL);
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/reified/kt6485.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/reified/kt6485.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b50b92c821
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/reified/kt6485.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType
+import java.lang.reflect.Type
+
+open class TypeLiteral<T> {
+    val type: Type
+        get() = (javaClass.getGenericSuperclass() as ParameterizedType).getActualTypeArguments()[0]
+}
+
+inline fun <reified T> typeLiteral(): TypeLiteral<T> = object : TypeLiteral<T>() {}
+
+fun box(): String {
+    assertEquals("class java.lang.String", typeLiteral<String>().type.toString())
+    assertEquals("java.util.List<?>", typeLiteral<List<*>>().type.toString())
+    assertEquals("java.lang.String[]", typeLiteral<Array<String>>().type.toString())
+    assertEquals("java.lang.Integer[]", typeLiteral<Array<Int>>().type.toString())
+    assertEquals("java.lang.String[][]", typeLiteral<Array<Array<String>>>().type.toString())
+    return "OK"
+}
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 11c68befa55..0d1e285b35e 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -2944,6 +2944,12 @@ public class BlackBoxWithStdlibCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCode
             doTestWithStdlib(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("kt6485.kt")
+        public void testKt6485() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/reified/kt6485.kt");
+            doTestWithStdlib(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("nestedReified.kt")
         public void testNestedReified() throws Exception {
             String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/boxWithStdlib/reified/nestedReified.kt");
diff --git a/spec-docs/reified-type-parameters.md b/spec-docs/reified-type-parameters.md
index c58427b8465..f986f629f4f 100644
--- a/spec-docs/reified-type-parameters.md
+++ b/spec-docs/reified-type-parameters.md
@@ -56,5 +56,5 @@ inline fun <reified T> typeLiteral(): TypeLiteral<T> = object : TypeLiteral<T>()
 
 typeLiteral<String>().type // returns 'class java.lang.String'
 typeLiteral<Array<String>>().type // returns '[Ljava.lang.String;'
-typeLiteral<List<*>>().type // returns 'java.util.List<? extends java.lang.Object>'
+typeLiteral<List<*>>().type // returns 'java.util.List<?>'
 ```