diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java
index 0f1d1bb377b..ebaebcc9e0a 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java
@@ -878,8 +878,14 @@ public class BasicExpressionTypingVisitor extends ExpressionTypingVisitor {
             dataFlowInfo = leftTypeInfo.getDataFlowInfo();
             ExpressionTypingContext contextWithDataFlow = context.replaceDataFlowInfo(dataFlowInfo);
 
-            OverloadResolutionResults<FunctionDescriptor> resolutionResults = resolveFakeCall(
-                    contextWithDataFlow, receiver, OperatorConventions.EQUALS, KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().getNullableAnyType());
+            TemporaryBindingTrace traceInterpretingRightAsNullableAny = TemporaryBindingTrace.create(
+                    context.trace, "trace to resolve 'equals(Any?)' interpreting as of type Any? an expression:" + right);
+            traceInterpretingRightAsNullableAny.record(EXPRESSION_TYPE, right, KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().getNullableAnyType());
+            traceInterpretingRightAsNullableAny.record(PROCESSED, right);
+
+            OverloadResolutionResults<FunctionDescriptor> resolutionResults =
+                    resolveFakeCall(receiver, context.replaceBindingTrace(traceInterpretingRightAsNullableAny),
+                                           Collections.singletonList(right), OperatorConventions.EQUALS);
 
             dataFlowInfo = facade.getTypeInfo(right, contextWithDataFlow).getDataFlowInfo();
 
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/ExpressionTypingUtils.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/ExpressionTypingUtils.java
index 3731491ae63..eeedff37c39 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/ExpressionTypingUtils.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/types/expressions/ExpressionTypingUtils.java
@@ -362,7 +362,17 @@ public class ExpressionTypingUtils {
             @NotNull ReceiverValue receiver,
             @NotNull Name name
     ) {
-        return makeAndResolveFakeCall(receiver, context, Collections.<JetExpression>emptyList(), name).getSecond();
+        return resolveFakeCall(receiver, context, Collections.<JetExpression>emptyList(), name);
+    }
+
+    @NotNull
+    public static OverloadResolutionResults<FunctionDescriptor> resolveFakeCall(
+            @NotNull ReceiverValue receiver,
+            @NotNull ExpressionTypingContext context,
+            @NotNull List<JetExpression> valueArguments,
+            @NotNull Name name
+    ) {
+        return makeAndResolveFakeCall(receiver, context, valueArguments, name).getSecond();
     }
 
     @NotNull