diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index c347668abcc..5d14517f5aa 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -46857,6 +46857,12 @@ public class FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractFirBlackBoxCodegenT
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/kt3177-toTypedArray.kt");
         }
 
+        @Test
+        @TestMetadata("kt44152.kt")
+        public void testKt44152() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/kt44152.kt");
+        }
+
         @Test
         @TestMetadata("returnToTypedArray.kt")
         public void testReturnToTypedArray() throws Exception {
diff --git a/compiler/frontend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KtSourceElement.kt b/compiler/frontend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KtSourceElement.kt
index 63e0fe1c99f..6818e36bad8 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KtSourceElement.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/KtSourceElement.kt
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ class KtOffsetsOnlySourceElement(
 
 // TODO: consider renaming to something like AstBasedSourceElement
 sealed class KtSourceElement : AbstractKtSourceElement() {
-    abstract val elementType: IElementType
+    abstract val elementType: IElementType?
     abstract val kind: KtSourceElementKind
     abstract val lighterASTNode: LighterASTNode
     abstract val treeStructure: FlyweightCapableTreeStructure<LighterASTNode>
@@ -233,11 +233,11 @@ sealed class KtSourceElement : AbstractKtSourceElement() {
     abstract override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean
 }
 
-// NB: in certain situations, psi.node could be null
+// NB: in certain situations, psi.node could be null (see e.g. KT-44152)
 // Potentially exceptions can be provoked by elementType / lighterASTNode
 sealed class KtPsiSourceElement(val psi: PsiElement) : KtSourceElement() {
-    override val elementType: IElementType
-        get() = psi.node.elementType
+    override val elementType: IElementType?
+        get() = psi.node?.elementType
 
     override val startOffset: Int
         get() = psi.textRange.startOffset
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/kt44152.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/kt44152.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72375b53dfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/kt44152.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// SKIP_JDK6
+// TARGET_BACKEND: JVM_IR
+// FULL_JDK
+// WITH_STDLIB
+// USE_PSI_CLASS_FILES_READING
+// Based on incorrectToArrayDetection.kt
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier
+
+abstract class A : Collection<String> {
+    protected fun <T> foo(x: Array<T>): Array<T> = x
+}
+
+fun box(): String {
+    val method = A::class.java.declaredMethods.single { it.name == "foo" }
+    return if (Modifier.isProtected(method.modifiers)) "OK" else "Fail: $method"
+}
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index ce482556508..db05a8adce4 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -46857,6 +46857,12 @@ public class IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTes
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/kt3177-toTypedArray.kt");
         }
 
+        @Test
+        @TestMetadata("kt44152.kt")
+        public void testKt44152() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/toArray/kt44152.kt");
+        }
+
         @Test
         @TestMetadata("returnToTypedArray.kt")
         public void testReturnToTypedArray() throws Exception {