diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/inline/nonPublicMember/protectedInlineInsideInternal.fir.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/inline/nonPublicMember/protectedInlineInsideInternal.fir.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index ed41958bfeb..00000000000
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/inline/nonPublicMember/protectedInlineInsideInternal.fir.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-// ISSUE: KT-58757
-
-internal abstract class Foo {
-    abstract val context: CharSequence
-}
-
-internal abstract class Bar(protected val foo: Foo) {
-    protected inline val inlineContext: String
-        get() = <!NON_PUBLIC_CALL_FROM_PUBLIC_INLINE!>foo<!>.<!NON_PUBLIC_CALL_FROM_PUBLIC_INLINE!>context<!> as String
-}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/inline/nonPublicMember/protectedInlineInsideInternal.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/inline/nonPublicMember/protectedInlineInsideInternal.kt
index a8144370534..e91105f3673 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/inline/nonPublicMember/protectedInlineInsideInternal.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/inline/nonPublicMember/protectedInlineInsideInternal.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// FIR_IDENTICAL
 // ISSUE: KT-58757
 
 internal abstract class Foo {
diff --git a/core/compiler.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/EffectiveVisibility.kt b/core/compiler.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/EffectiveVisibility.kt
index d9755192f34..0110637ccf1 100644
--- a/core/compiler.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/EffectiveVisibility.kt
+++ b/core/compiler.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/EffectiveVisibility.kt
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ sealed class EffectiveVisibility(val name: String, val publicApi: Boolean = fals
                 Public -> this
                 PrivateInClass, PrivateInFile, Local, ProtectedBound, InternalProtectedBound -> other
                 is Protected -> when (relation(other, typeCheckerContextProvider)) {
-                    Permissiveness.SAME, Permissiveness.MORE -> this
-                    Permissiveness.LESS -> other
+                    Permissiveness.SAME, Permissiveness.LESS -> this
+                    Permissiveness.MORE -> other
                     Permissiveness.UNKNOWN -> ProtectedBound
                 }
                 is InternalProtected -> when (relation(other, typeCheckerContextProvider)) {
-                    Permissiveness.LESS -> other
+                    Permissiveness.MORE -> other
                     else -> InternalProtectedBound
                 }
                 is InternalOrPackage -> InternalProtected(containerTypeConstructor)
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ sealed class EffectiveVisibility(val name: String, val publicApi: Boolean = fals
                 Public, is InternalOrPackage -> this
                 PrivateInClass, PrivateInFile, Local, InternalProtectedBound -> other
                 is Protected, is InternalProtected -> when (relation(other, typeCheckerContextProvider)) {
-                    Permissiveness.SAME, Permissiveness.MORE -> this
-                    Permissiveness.LESS -> other
+                    Permissiveness.SAME, Permissiveness.LESS -> this
+                    Permissiveness.MORE -> other
                     Permissiveness.UNKNOWN -> InternalProtectedBound
                 }
                 ProtectedBound -> InternalProtectedBound