diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/LateinitLowering.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/LateinitLowering.kt
index 33665a4a9e7..61dc734225a 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/LateinitLowering.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/LateinitLowering.kt
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.lower
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CommonBackendContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.FileLoweringPass
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower.createIrBuilder
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.isValueType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.CallableMemberDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.builtins.KotlinBuiltIns
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrStatement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.builders.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ internal class LateinitLowering(val context: CommonBackendContext): FileLowering
 
             private fun transformGetter(backingFieldSymbol: IrFieldSymbol, getter: IrFunction) {
                 val type = backingFieldSymbol.descriptor.type
-                assert (!type.isValueType(), { "'lateinit' modifier is not allowed on value types" })
+                assert (!KotlinBuiltIns.isPrimitiveType(type), { "'lateinit' modifier is not allowed on primitive types" })
                 val startOffset = getter.startOffset
                 val endOffset = getter.endOffset
                 val irBuilder = context.createIrBuilder(getter.symbol, startOffset, endOffset)