diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withoutPrimarySimple.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withoutPrimarySimple.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35092448120
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withoutPrimarySimple.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class A {
+    val value: String
+        get() = field + "K"
+
+    constructor(o: String) {
+        value = o
+    }
+}
+
+fun box() = A("O").value
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 390cf3fea0a..50a6f0beca5 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -21347,6 +21347,11 @@ public class BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest {
         public void testWithoutPrimary() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withoutPrimary.kt");
         }
+
+        @TestMetadata("withoutPrimarySimple.kt")
+        public void testWithoutPrimarySimple() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withoutPrimarySimple.kt");
+        }
     }
 
     @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/signatureAnnotations")
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java
index bed52d66f09..866f2b0bff3 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java
@@ -21347,6 +21347,11 @@ public class LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated extends AbstractLightAnalysisModeTes
         public void testWithoutPrimary() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withoutPrimary.kt");
         }
+
+        @TestMetadata("withoutPrimarySimple.kt")
+        public void testWithoutPrimarySimple() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withoutPrimarySimple.kt");
+        }
     }
 
     @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/signatureAnnotations")
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 6cf3f707833..940085c5117 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -21352,6 +21352,11 @@ public class IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTes
         public void testWithoutPrimary() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withoutPrimary.kt");
         }
+
+        @TestMetadata("withoutPrimarySimple.kt")
+        public void testWithoutPrimarySimple() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withoutPrimarySimple.kt");
+        }
     }
 
     @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/signatureAnnotations")
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/IrJsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/IrJsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java
index 81e420cb6be..891cb567c16 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/IrJsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/IrJsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java
@@ -19282,6 +19282,11 @@ public class IrJsCodegenBoxTestGenerated extends AbstractIrJsCodegenBoxTest {
         public void testWithReturnUnit() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withReturnUnit.kt");
         }
+
+        @TestMetadata("withoutPrimarySimple.kt")
+        public void testWithoutPrimarySimple() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withoutPrimarySimple.kt");
+        }
     }
 
     @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/signatureAnnotations")
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/JsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/JsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java
index 2b2e8300d0e..ba28239adef 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/JsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/JsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java
@@ -20327,6 +20327,11 @@ public class JsCodegenBoxTestGenerated extends AbstractJsCodegenBoxTest {
         public void testWithReturnUnit() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withReturnUnit.kt");
         }
+
+        @TestMetadata("withoutPrimarySimple.kt")
+        public void testWithoutPrimarySimple() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/secondaryConstructors/withoutPrimarySimple.kt");
+        }
     }
 
     @TestMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/signatureAnnotations")
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/operation/AssignmentTranslator.java b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/operation/AssignmentTranslator.java
index 6f25e10c25e..0c2764f6101 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/operation/AssignmentTranslator.java
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/operation/AssignmentTranslator.java
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.translate.operation;
 
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.CallableDescriptor;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.DeclarationDescriptor;
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.PropertyDescriptor;
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.*;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.backend.ast.JsExpression;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.translate.context.TranslationContext;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.js.translate.general.AbstractTranslator;
@@ -70,7 +67,7 @@ public abstract class AssignmentTranslator extends AbstractTranslator {
     }
 
     protected final AccessTranslator createAccessTranslator(@NotNull KtExpression left, boolean forceOrderOfEvaluation) {
-        if (isReferenceToBackingFieldFromConstructor(left, context())) {
+        if (isValProperty(left, context())) {
             KtSimpleNameExpression simpleName = getSimpleName(left);
             assert simpleName != null;
             return BackingFieldAccessTranslator.newInstance(simpleName, context());
@@ -80,40 +77,17 @@ public abstract class AssignmentTranslator extends AbstractTranslator {
         }
     }
 
-    private static boolean isReferenceToBackingFieldFromConstructor(
+    private static boolean isValProperty(
             @NotNull KtExpression expression,
             @NotNull TranslationContext context
     ) {
-        if (expression instanceof KtSimpleNameExpression) {
-            KtSimpleNameExpression nameExpression = (KtSimpleNameExpression) expression;
-            DeclarationDescriptor descriptor = getDescriptorForReferenceExpression(context.bindingContext(), nameExpression);
-            return isReferenceToBackingFieldFromConstructor(descriptor, context);
-        }
-        else if (expression instanceof KtDotQualifiedExpression) {
-            KtDotQualifiedExpression qualifiedExpression = (KtDotQualifiedExpression) expression;
-            if (qualifiedExpression.getReceiverExpression() instanceof KtThisExpression &&
-                qualifiedExpression.getSelectorExpression() instanceof KtSimpleNameExpression
-            ) {
-                KtSimpleNameExpression nameExpression = (KtSimpleNameExpression) qualifiedExpression.getSelectorExpression();
-                DeclarationDescriptor descriptor = getDescriptorForReferenceExpression(context.bindingContext(), nameExpression);
-                return isReferenceToBackingFieldFromConstructor(descriptor, context);
-            }
+        KtSimpleNameExpression simpleNameExpression = getSimpleName(expression);
+
+        if (simpleNameExpression != null) {
+            DeclarationDescriptor descriptor = getDescriptorForReferenceExpression(context.bindingContext(), simpleNameExpression);
+            return descriptor instanceof PropertyDescriptor && !((PropertyDescriptor) descriptor).isVar();
         }
+
         return false;
     }
-
-    private static boolean isReferenceToBackingFieldFromConstructor(
-            @Nullable DeclarationDescriptor descriptor,
-            @NotNull TranslationContext context
-    ) {
-        if (!(descriptor instanceof PropertyDescriptor)) return false;
-
-        PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor = (PropertyDescriptor) descriptor;
-        if (!(context.getDeclarationDescriptor() instanceof ClassDescriptor)) return false;
-
-        ClassDescriptor classDescriptor = (ClassDescriptor) context.getDeclarationDescriptor();
-        if (classDescriptor != propertyDescriptor.getContainingDeclaration()) return false;
-
-        return !propertyDescriptor.isVar();
-    }
 }