diff --git a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/messages/AnalyzerWithCompilerReport.kt b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/messages/AnalyzerWithCompilerReport.kt
index 8ee8e78a437..7551bd4d282 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/messages/AnalyzerWithCompilerReport.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/messages/AnalyzerWithCompilerReport.kt
@@ -130,9 +130,7 @@ class AnalyzerWithCompilerReport(private val messageCollector: MessageCollector)
         }
         val abiVersionErrors = abiVersionErrors
         reportDiagnostics(analysisResult.bindingContext.diagnostics, messageCollector, !abiVersionErrors.isEmpty())
-        if (hasErrors()) {
-            reportMetadataVersionErrors(abiVersionErrors)
-        }
+        reportMetadataVersionErrors(abiVersionErrors)
         reportIncompleteHierarchies()
         reportAlternativeSignatureErrors()
     }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongAbiVersionNoErrors.kt b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongAbiVersionNoErrors.kt
index 8dc96a5d49b..f60a6d49da2 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongAbiVersionNoErrors.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongAbiVersionNoErrors.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// This should compile despite the fact that there are usages of symbols with the wrong ABI version!
+// This should not compile because there are usages of symbols with the wrong ABI version!
 
 import wrong.ClassWithInnerLambda
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongAbiVersionNoErrors.out b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongAbiVersionNoErrors.out
index d86bac9de59..16cbc5fb4ba 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongAbiVersionNoErrors.out
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongAbiVersionNoErrors.out
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-OK
+compiler/testData/cli/jvm/wrongAbiVersionLib/bin/wrong/ClassWithInnerLambda.class: error: class 'wrong/ClassWithInnerLambda' was compiled with an incompatible version of Kotlin. The binary version of its metadata is 0.30.0, expected version is $ABI_VERSION$
+COMPILATION_ERROR
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