diff --git a/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JavaVisibilities.java b/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JavaVisibilities.java
index 90042b9d511..14e96e61866 100644
--- a/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JavaVisibilities.java
+++ b/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/JavaVisibilities.java
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ public class JavaVisibilities {
             return Visibilities.PROTECTED;
         }
 
-        @NotNull
+        @Nullable
         @Override
-        public EffectiveVisibility effectiveVisibility(@NotNull DeclarationDescriptor classDescriptor, boolean checkPublishedApi) {
+        public EffectiveVisibility customEffectiveVisibility() {
             return EffectiveVisibility.PackagePrivate.INSTANCE;
         }
     };
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/EffectiveVisibilityUtils.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/EffectiveVisibilityUtils.kt
index e6da9261d65..ffd26315ea1 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/EffectiveVisibilityUtils.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/EffectiveVisibilityUtils.kt
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.isPublishedApi
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.KotlinType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.checker.ClassicTypeCheckerContext
 
-fun effectiveVisibility(visibility: Visibility, descriptor: DeclarationDescriptor, checkPublishedApi: Boolean = false) =
-    visibility.forVisibility(descriptor, checkPublishedApi)
+fun Visibility.effectiveVisibility(
+    descriptor: DeclarationDescriptor,
+    checkPublishedApi: Boolean = false
+): EffectiveVisibility {
+    return customEffectiveVisibility() ?: normalize().forVisibility(descriptor, checkPublishedApi)
+}
 
 private fun Visibility.forVisibility(descriptor: DeclarationDescriptor, checkPublishedApi: Boolean = false): EffectiveVisibility =
     when (this) {
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/Visibility.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/Visibility.kt
index 3a0794f2778..db1aefeef1d 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/Visibility.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/Visibility.kt
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.scopes.receivers.ReceiverValue
 
 abstract class Visibility protected constructor(
-        val name: String,
-        val isPublicAPI: Boolean
+    val name: String,
+    val isPublicAPI: Boolean
 ) {
     /**
      * @param receiver can be used to determine callee accessibility for some special receiver value
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ abstract class Visibility protected constructor(
     open val externalDisplayName: String
         get() = internalDisplayName
 
-    override final fun toString() = internalDisplayName
+    final override fun toString() = internalDisplayName
 
     open fun normalize(): Visibility = this
 
     // Should be overloaded in Java visibilities
-    open fun effectiveVisibility(descriptor: DeclarationDescriptor, checkPublishedApi: Boolean) = effectiveVisibility(normalize(), descriptor, checkPublishedApi)
+    open fun customEffectiveVisibility(): EffectiveVisibility? = null
 }
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/expression/FunctionTranslator.kt b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/expression/FunctionTranslator.kt
index 1578791ec4f..f812bbbdac1 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/expression/FunctionTranslator.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/expression/FunctionTranslator.kt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ private fun IncrementalResultsConsumer.reportInlineFunction(
     val psiFile = (descriptor.source.containingFile as? PsiSourceFile)?.psiFile ?: return
     val file = VfsUtilCore.virtualToIoFile(psiFile.virtualFile)
 
-    if (effectiveVisibility(descriptor.visibility, descriptor, true).privateApi) return
+    if (descriptor.visibility.effectiveVisibility(descriptor, true).privateApi) return
 
     val fqName = when (descriptor) {
         is PropertyGetterDescriptor -> {
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/TranslationUtils.java b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/TranslationUtils.java
index 0755b8401e6..34d931a7c1f 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/TranslationUtils.java
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/TranslationUtils.java
@@ -447,7 +447,8 @@ public final class TranslationUtils {
             }
 
             DeclarationDescriptor container = descriptor.getContainingDeclaration();
-            boolean isPublic = descriptor.getVisibility().effectiveVisibility(descriptor, true).getPublicApi() && !forcePrivate;
+            EffectiveVisibility effectiveVisibility = EffectiveVisibilityUtilsKt.effectiveVisibility(descriptor.getVisibility(), descriptor, true);
+            boolean isPublic = effectiveVisibility.getPublicApi() && !forcePrivate;
             if (KotlinBuiltIns.isCharOrNullableChar(returnType) && container instanceof ClassDescriptor && isPublic) {
                 ClassDescriptor containingClass = (ClassDescriptor) container;
                 FqNameUnsafe containingClassName = DescriptorUtilsKt.getFqNameUnsafe(containingClass);