diff --git a/analysis/light-classes-base/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/classes/KtLightClassForFacadeBase.kt b/analysis/light-classes-base/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/classes/KtLightClassForFacadeBase.kt
index 2f86f6ab6da..175e4727f71 100644
--- a/analysis/light-classes-base/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/classes/KtLightClassForFacadeBase.kt
+++ b/analysis/light-classes-base/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/asJava/classes/KtLightClassForFacadeBase.kt
@@ -202,12 +202,12 @@ abstract class KtLightClassForFacadeBase constructor(
     override fun hashCode() = facadeClassFqName.hashCode()
 
     override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean {
+        if (this === other) return true
         if (other == null || this::class.java != other::class.java) {
             return false
         }
 
         val lightClass = other as KtLightClassForFacadeBase
-        if (this === other) return true
 
         if (facadeClassFqName != lightClass.facadeClassFqName) return false
         if (files != lightClass.files) return false