diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ChangeVisibilityModifierIntention.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ChangeVisibilityModifierIntention.kt
index 5c435d7abee..78cb8849bb1 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ChangeVisibilityModifierIntention.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/intentions/ChangeVisibilityModifierIntention.kt
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ open class ChangeVisibilityModifierIntention protected constructor(
         val modifierList = element.modifierList
         if (modifierList?.hasModifier(modifier) == true) return null
 
+        if (KtPsiUtil.isLocal((element as? KtPropertyAccessor)?.property ?: element)) return null
+
         val descriptor = element.toDescriptor() as? DeclarationDescriptorWithVisibility ?: return null
         val targetVisibility = modifier.toVisibility()
         if (descriptor.visibility == targetVisibility) return null
 
-        if (KtPsiUtil.isLocal((element as? KtPropertyAccessor)?.property ?: element)) return null
-
         if (modifierList?.hasModifier(KtTokens.OVERRIDE_KEYWORD) == true) {
             val callableDescriptor = descriptor  as? CallableDescriptor ?: return null
             // cannot make visibility less than (or non-comparable with) any of the supers