diff --git a/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/strictMetadataVersionSemanticsOldVersion/output.txt b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/strictMetadataVersionSemanticsOldVersion/output.txt
index d98b48619d8..dde593cbc07 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/strictMetadataVersionSemanticsOldVersion/output.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/strictMetadataVersionSemanticsOldVersion/output.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 error: incompatible classes were found in dependencies. Remove them from the classpath or use '-Xskip-metadata-version-check' to suppress errors
+$TMP_DIR$/library.jar!/META-INF/main.kotlin_module: error: module was compiled with an incompatible version of Kotlin. The binary version of its metadata is 2.0.0, expected version is $ABI_VERSION$.
 compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/strictMetadataVersionSemanticsOldVersion/source.kt:3:13: error: class 'a.C' was compiled with an incompatible version of Kotlin. The actual metadata version is 2.0.0, but the compiler version $ABI_VERSION$ can read versions up to $ABI_VERSION$.
 The class is loaded from $TMP_DIR$/library.jar!/a/C.class
 fun test(c: C) {
             ^
-compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/strictMetadataVersionSemanticsOldVersion/source.kt:4:5: error: class 'a.AKt' was compiled with an incompatible version of Kotlin. The actual metadata version is 2.0.0, but the compiler version $ABI_VERSION$ can read versions up to $ABI_VERSION$.
-The class is loaded from $TMP_DIR$/library.jar!/a/AKt.class
+compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/strictMetadataVersionSemanticsOldVersion/source.kt:4:5: error: unresolved reference: f
     f()
     ^
-compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/strictMetadataVersionSemanticsOldVersion/source.kt:5:5: error: class 'a.AKt' was compiled with an incompatible version of Kotlin. The actual metadata version is 2.0.0, but the compiler version $ABI_VERSION$ can read versions up to $ABI_VERSION$.
-The class is loaded from $TMP_DIR$/library.jar!/a/AKt.class
+compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/strictMetadataVersionSemanticsOldVersion/source.kt:5:5: error: unresolved reference: v
     v
     ^
 compiler/testData/compileKotlinAgainstCustomBinaries/strictMetadataVersionSemanticsOldVersion/source.kt:6:5: error: class 'a.C' was compiled with an incompatible version of Kotlin. The actual metadata version is 2.0.0, but the compiler version $ABI_VERSION$ can read versions up to $ABI_VERSION$.
diff --git a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/versionSpecificBehavior.kt b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/versionSpecificBehavior.kt
index 3ac6b424082..ec395458c1d 100644
--- a/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/versionSpecificBehavior.kt
+++ b/core/metadata/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/metadata/deserialization/versionSpecificBehavior.kt
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ fun isVersionRequirementTableWrittenCorrectly(version: BinaryVersion): Boolean =
     isKotlin1Dot4OrLater(version)
 
 fun isKotlin1Dot4OrLater(version: BinaryVersion): Boolean =
-    version.major == 1 && version.minor >= 4
+    (version.major == 1 && version.minor >= 4) || version.major > 1