diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.kt
index acd9db48e4c..ca8c405120c 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.kt
@@ -376,13 +376,12 @@ class ExpressionCodegen(
         if (returnType != null && KotlinBuiltIns.isNothing(returnType)) {
             mv.aconst(null)
             mv.athrow()
-        } else if (expression.descriptor !is ConstructorDescriptor) {
-            return returnType?.run { coerceNotToUnit(callable.returnType, returnType, this) } ?: onStack(callable.returnType, returnType)
-        } else {
+            return expression.onStack
+        } else if (expression.descriptor is ConstructorDescriptor) {
             return none()
         }
 
-        return expression.onStack
+        return coerceNotToUnit(callable.returnType, returnType, expression.type.toKotlinType())
     }
 
     override fun visitInstanceInitializerCall(expression: IrInstanceInitializerCall, data: BlockInfo): StackValue {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/callableReference/serializability/boundWithSerializableReceiver.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/callableReference/serializability/boundWithSerializableReceiver.kt
index 11d4905cbe1..efe0024edfe 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/callableReference/serializability/boundWithSerializableReceiver.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/callableReference/serializability/boundWithSerializableReceiver.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 // TARGET_BACKEND: JVM
+// IGNORE_BACKEND: JVM_IR
 // WITH_REFLECT
 
 import java.io.*