diff --git a/compiler/test-infrastructure/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/TestRunner.kt b/compiler/test-infrastructure/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/TestRunner.kt
index c08ee2d7ea3..43799cf3742 100644
--- a/compiler/test-infrastructure/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/TestRunner.kt
+++ b/compiler/test-infrastructure/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/TestRunner.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
  * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
  */
 
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ class TestRunner(private val testConfiguration: TestConfiguration) {
         }
 
         testConfiguration.preAnalysisHandlers.forEach { preprocessor ->
-            preprocessor.prepareSealedClassInheritors(moduleStructure)
+            withAssertionCatching(WrappedException::FromPreAnalysisHandler) {
+                preprocessor.prepareSealedClassInheritors(moduleStructure)
+            }
         }
 
         for (module in modules) {
diff --git a/compiler/test-infrastructure/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/WrappedException.kt b/compiler/test-infrastructure/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/WrappedException.kt
index 495105d626b..f6abd88120e 100644
--- a/compiler/test-infrastructure/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/WrappedException.kt
+++ b/compiler/test-infrastructure/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/WrappedException.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
  * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
  */
 
@@ -25,9 +25,11 @@ sealed class WrappedException(
             get() = "Exception was thrown"
     }
 
-    class FromMetaInfoHandler(cause: Throwable) : WrappedException(cause, 1, 1)
+    class FromPreAnalysisHandler(cause: Throwable) : WrappedException(cause, 1, 1)
 
-    class FromHandler(cause: Throwable, val handler: AnalysisHandler<*>) : WrappedException(cause, 1, 2) {
+    class FromMetaInfoHandler(cause: Throwable) : WrappedException(cause, 1, 2)
+
+    class FromHandler(cause: Throwable, val handler: AnalysisHandler<*>) : WrappedException(cause, 1, 3) {
         override val failureDisablesNextSteps: Boolean
             get() = handler.failureDisablesNextSteps
     }