diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/AddContinuationLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/AddContinuationLowering.kt
index 86cf3d7717d..1dee4c228fd 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/AddContinuationLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/AddContinuationLowering.kt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ private class AddContinuationLowering(context: JvmBackendContext) : SuspendLower
                 // The only references not yet transformed into objects are inline lambdas; the continuation
                 // for those will be taken from the inline functions they are passed to, not the enclosing scope.
                 return transformed.retargetToSuspendView(context, null) {
-                    IrFunctionReferenceImpl(startOffset, endOffset, type, it, typeArgumentsCount, reflectionTarget, origin)
+                    IrFunctionReferenceImpl.fromSymbolOwner(startOffset, endOffset, type, it, typeArgumentsCount, reflectionTarget, origin)
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/InlineCallableReferenceToLambda.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/InlineCallableReferenceToLambda.kt
index 577a8f709bc..9afbdc48382 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/InlineCallableReferenceToLambda.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/InlineCallableReferenceToLambda.kt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ private class InlineCallableReferenceToLambdaTransformer(
             }
 
             +function
-            +IrFunctionReferenceImpl(
+            +IrFunctionReferenceImpl.fromSymbolOwner(
                 expression.startOffset,
                 expression.endOffset,
                 field.type,
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ private class InlineCallableReferenceToLambdaTransformer(
             }
 
             +function
-            +IrFunctionReferenceImpl(
+            +IrFunctionReferenceImpl.fromSymbolOwner(
                 expression.startOffset,
                 expression.endOffset,
                 function.returnType,
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/PropertyReferenceLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/PropertyReferenceLowering.kt
index 000108733d4..33538836587 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/PropertyReferenceLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/PropertyReferenceLowering.kt
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ private class PropertyReferenceLowering(val context: JvmBackendContext) : IrElem
                 // Internal underlying vals of inline classes have no getter method
                 getter.owner.isInlineClassFieldGetter && getter.owner.visibility == DescriptorVisibilities.INTERNAL
         val origin = if (needsDummySignature) InlineClassAbi.UNMANGLED_FUNCTION_REFERENCE else null
-        val reference = IrFunctionReferenceImpl(UNDEFINED_OFFSET, UNDEFINED_OFFSET, expression.type, getter, 0, getter, origin)
+        val reference =
+            IrFunctionReferenceImpl.fromSymbolOwner(UNDEFINED_OFFSET, UNDEFINED_OFFSET, expression.type, getter, 0, getter, origin)
         return irCall(signatureStringIntrinsic).apply { putValueArgument(0, reference) }
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/ReflectionReferencesGenerator.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/ReflectionReferencesGenerator.kt
index 2256175e524..beb3241b397 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/ReflectionReferencesGenerator.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/ReflectionReferencesGenerator.kt
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ class ReflectionReferencesGenerator(statementGenerator: StatementGenerator) : St
         typeArguments: Map<TypeParameterDescriptor, KotlinType>?,
         origin: IrStatementOrigin?
     ): IrFunctionReference =
-        IrFunctionReferenceImpl(
+        IrFunctionReferenceImpl.fromSymbolDescriptor(
             startOffset, endOffset, type.toIrType(),
             symbol,
             typeArgumentsCount = descriptor.typeParametersCount,
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/expressions/impl/IrFunctionReferenceImpl.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/expressions/impl/IrFunctionReferenceImpl.kt
index 22c0ff4b523..636714b1427 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/expressions/impl/IrFunctionReferenceImpl.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/expressions/impl/IrFunctionReferenceImpl.kt
@@ -36,25 +36,6 @@ class IrFunctionReferenceImpl(
     override val reflectionTarget: IrFunctionSymbol? = symbol,
     override val origin: IrStatementOrigin? = null,
 ) : IrFunctionReference(typeArgumentsCount) {
-    @ObsoleteDescriptorBasedAPI
-    constructor(
-        startOffset: Int,
-        endOffset: Int,
-        type: IrType,
-        symbol: IrFunctionSymbol,
-        typeArgumentsCount: Int,
-        reflectionTarget: IrFunctionSymbol?,
-        origin: IrStatementOrigin? = null
-    ) : this(
-        startOffset, endOffset,
-        type,
-        symbol,
-        typeArgumentsCount,
-        symbol.descriptor.valueParameters.size,
-        reflectionTarget,
-        origin
-    )
-
     override val referencedName: Name
         get() = symbol.owner.name
 
@@ -92,4 +73,43 @@ class IrFunctionReferenceImpl(
             argumentsByParameterIndex[i] = irExpression?.transform(transformer, data)
         }
     }
+
+    companion object {
+        @ObsoleteDescriptorBasedAPI
+        fun fromSymbolDescriptor(
+            startOffset: Int,
+            endOffset: Int,
+            type: IrType,
+            symbol: IrFunctionSymbol,
+            typeArgumentsCount: Int,
+            reflectionTarget: IrFunctionSymbol?,
+            origin: IrStatementOrigin? = null
+        ) = IrFunctionReferenceImpl(
+            startOffset, endOffset,
+            type,
+            symbol,
+            typeArgumentsCount,
+            symbol.descriptor.valueParameters.size,
+            reflectionTarget,
+            origin
+        )
+
+        fun fromSymbolOwner(
+            startOffset: Int,
+            endOffset: Int,
+            type: IrType,
+            symbol: IrFunctionSymbol,
+            typeArgumentsCount: Int,
+            reflectionTarget: IrFunctionSymbol?,
+            origin: IrStatementOrigin? = null
+        ) = IrFunctionReferenceImpl(
+            startOffset, endOffset,
+            type,
+            symbol,
+            typeArgumentsCount,
+            symbol.owner.valueParameters.size,
+            reflectionTarget,
+            origin
+        )
+    }
 }