diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/ir/IrUtils.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/ir/IrUtils.kt
index 1efd406221a..4071d66e136 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/ir/IrUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/ir/IrUtils.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir
 
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CommonBackendContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.DumpIrTreeWithDescriptorsVisitor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.deepCopyWithVariables
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.descriptors.*
@@ -112,6 +113,14 @@ val IrSimpleFunction.isOverridable: Boolean
 
 val IrSimpleFunction.isOverridableOrOverrides: Boolean get() = isOverridable || overriddenSymbols.isNotEmpty()
 
+fun IrReturnTarget.returnType(context: CommonBackendContext) =
+    when (this) {
+        is IrConstructor -> context.irBuiltIns.unitType
+        is IrFunction -> returnType
+        is IrReturnableBlock -> type
+        else -> error("Unknown ReturnTarget: $this")
+    }
+
 val IrClass.isFinalClass: Boolean
     get() = modality == Modality.FINAL && kind != ClassKind.ENUM_CLASS
 
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/FinallyBlocksLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/FinallyBlocksLowering.kt
index de258614a99..e87789fed4b 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/FinallyBlocksLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/FinallyBlocksLowering.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.descriptors.WrappedSimpleFunctionDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.descriptors.WrappedVariableDescriptor
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.returnType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrStatement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.builders.*
@@ -160,14 +161,6 @@ class FinallyBlocksLowering(val context: CommonBackendContext, private val throw
         return performHighLevelJump(tryScopes, 0, jump, startOffset, endOffset, value)
     }
 
-    private val IrReturnTarget.returnType: IrType
-        get() = when (this) {
-            is IrConstructor -> context.irBuiltIns.unitType
-            is IrFunction -> returnType
-            is IrReturnableBlock -> type
-            else -> error("Unknown ReturnTarget: $this")
-        }
-
     private fun performHighLevelJump(tryScopes: List<TryScope>,
                                      index: Int,
                                      jump: HighLevelJump,
@@ -180,7 +173,7 @@ class FinallyBlocksLowering(val context: CommonBackendContext, private val throw
 
         val currentTryScope = tryScopes[index]
         currentTryScope.jumps.getOrPut(jump) {
-            val type = (jump as? Return)?.target?.owner?.returnType ?: value.type
+            val type = (jump as? Return)?.target?.owner?.returnType(context) ?: value.type
             jump.toString()
             val symbol = IrReturnableBlockSymbolImpl(WrappedSimpleFunctionDescriptor())
             with(currentTryScope) {
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.kt
index f25855c1fdf..be0a0caa952 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.kt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.codegen
 
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.returnType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.JvmLoweredDeclarationOrigin
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.intrinsics.IrIntrinsicMethods
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.intrinsics.JavaClassProperty
@@ -644,15 +645,6 @@ class ExpressionCodegen(
         }
     }
 
-    // Copied from FinallyBlocksLowering
-    private val IrReturnTarget.returnType: IrType
-        get() = when (this) {
-            is IrConstructor -> context.irBuiltIns.unitType
-            is IrFunction -> returnType
-            is IrReturnableBlock -> type
-            else -> error("Unknown ReturnTarget: $this")
-        }
-
     override fun visitReturn(expression: IrReturn, data: BlockInfo): PromisedValue {
         val owner = expression.returnTargetSymbol.owner
         //TODO: should be owner != irFunction
@@ -670,7 +662,7 @@ class ExpressionCodegen(
         val target = data.findBlock<ReturnableBlockInfo> { it.returnSymbol == expression.returnTargetSymbol }
         val returnType = typeMapper.mapReturnType(owner)
         val afterReturnLabel = Label()
-        expression.value.accept(this, data).coerce(returnType, owner.returnType).materialize()
+        expression.value.accept(this, data).coerce(returnType, owner.returnType(context)).materialize()
         generateFinallyBlocksIfNeeded(returnType, afterReturnLabel, data, target)
         expression.markLineNumber(startOffset = true)
         if (target != null) {