diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/SpecialBackendChecksTraversal.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/SpecialBackendChecksTraversal.kt
index 6747173187c..7efabd8603a 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/SpecialBackendChecksTraversal.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/SpecialBackendChecksTraversal.kt
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.ir.getSuperClassNotAny
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.llvm.IntrinsicType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.llvm.tryGetIntrinsicType
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassKind
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DescriptorVisibilities
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.isFinalClass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.*
@@ -229,6 +226,10 @@ private class BackendChecker(val context: Context, val irFile: IrFile) : IrEleme
                 reportError(irClass, "Fields are not supported for Companion of subclass of ObjC type")
         }
 
+        if (irClass.isObjCMetaClass() && (irClass.isCompanion && !irClass.parentAsClass.isKotlinObjCClass() || irClass.kind.isClass)) {
+            reportError(irClass, "Only companion objects of subclasses of Objective-C classes can inherit from Objective-C metaclasses")
+        }
+
         var hasObjCClassSupertype = false
         irClass.descriptor.defaultType.constructor.supertypes.forEach {
             val descriptor = it.constructor.declarationDescriptor as ClassDescriptor