diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/argumentUtils.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/argumentUtils.kt
index 0650334d157..1bde84de251 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/argumentUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/argumentUtils.kt
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.arguments
 
 import com.intellij.util.text.VersionComparatorUtil
-import java.util.*
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier
 import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 import kotlin.reflect.KMutableProperty1
 import kotlin.reflect.KProperty1
 import kotlin.reflect.KVisibility
 import kotlin.reflect.full.declaredMemberProperties
 import kotlin.reflect.full.memberProperties
+import kotlin.reflect.jvm.javaField
 
 @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
 fun <T : Any> copyBean(bean: T) = copyBeanTo(bean, bean::class.java.newInstance()!!)
@@ -103,7 +104,7 @@ fun <T : Any> collectProperties(kClass: KClass<T>, inheritedOnly: Boolean): List
         properties.removeAll(kClass.declaredMemberProperties)
     }
     return properties.filter { property ->
-        property.visibility == KVisibility.PUBLIC && (property.annotations.firstOrNull { it is Transient } as Transient?) == null
+        property.visibility == KVisibility.PUBLIC && (property.javaField?.modifiers?.let { Modifier.isTransient(it) } != true)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/ArgumentUtilTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/ArgumentUtilTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a73c80794ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/ArgumentUtilTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2023 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli
+
+import junit.framework.TestCase
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.arguments.ArgumentParseErrors
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.arguments.K2JVMCompilerArguments
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.arguments.copyBeanTo
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier
+import kotlin.reflect.jvm.javaField
+
+class ArgumentUtilTest : TestCase() {
+    fun testCopyDoesNotCopyTransientFields() {
+        assertTrue(Modifier.isTransient(K2JVMCompilerArguments::errors.javaField!!.modifiers))
+
+        val a = K2JVMCompilerArguments()
+        a.errors = ArgumentParseErrors()
+        a.moduleName = "my module name"
+
+        val b = K2JVMCompilerArguments()
+        assertNull(b.errors)
+        assertNull(b.moduleName)
+
+        copyBeanTo(a, b)
+
+        assertNull(b.errors)
+        assertEquals("my module name", b.moduleName)
+    }
+}
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