diff --git a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/backend/handlers/JvmBoxRunner.kt b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/backend/handlers/JvmBoxRunner.kt
index 714a5978738..9cbf73360da 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/backend/handlers/JvmBoxRunner.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/backend/handlers/JvmBoxRunner.kt
@@ -76,7 +76,14 @@ class JvmBoxRunner(testServices: TestServices) : JvmBinaryArtifactHandler(testSe
             callBoxMethodAndCheckResult(classLoader, clazz, method, unexpectedBehaviour)
         } catch (e: Throwable) {
             if (reportProblems) {
-                println(factory.createText())
+                try {
+                    println(factory.createText())
+                } catch (_: Throwable) {
+                    // In FIR we have factory which can't print bytecode
+                    //   and it throws exception otherwise. So we need
+                    //   ignore that exception to report original one
+                    // TODO: fix original problem
+                }
             }
             throw e
         } finally {
diff --git a/compiler/tests-compiler-utils/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestUtil.java b/compiler/tests-compiler-utils/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestUtil.java
index a83a33699df..d5a39012f2f 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-compiler-utils/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-compiler-utils/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/CodegenTestUtil.java
@@ -218,8 +218,15 @@ public class CodegenTestUtil {
             }
             catch (Throwable e) {
                 if (reportProblems) {
-                    System.err.println(file.asText());
-                    System.err.println(classNode.name + "::" + method.name + method.desc);
+                    try {
+                        System.err.println(file.asText());
+                        System.err.println(classNode.name + "::" + method.name + method.desc);
+                    } catch (Throwable ex) {
+                        // In FIR we have factory which can't print bytecode
+                        //   and it throws exception otherwise. So we need
+                        //   ignore that exception to report original one
+                        // TODO: fix original problem
+                    }
 
                     //noinspection InstanceofCatchParameter
                     if (e instanceof AnalyzerException) {