diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/KotlinScriptDefinitionFromAnnotatedTemplate.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/KotlinScriptDefinitionFromAnnotatedTemplate.kt
index 27eeb01f8f8..f584c24c393 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/KotlinScriptDefinitionFromAnnotatedTemplate.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/script/KotlinScriptDefinitionFromAnnotatedTemplate.kt
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ open class KotlinScriptDefinitionFromAnnotatedTemplate(
         }
 
         fun makeScriptContents() = BasicScriptContents(file, getAnnotations = {
-            val classLoader = template::class.java.classLoader
+            val classLoader = template.java.classLoader
             try {
                 getAnnotationEntries(file, project)
                         .mapNotNull { psiAnn ->