diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/scopes/WritableScopeImpl.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/scopes/WritableScopeImpl.kt
index 57f7ef377f2..e58b353cd81 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/scopes/WritableScopeImpl.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/scopes/WritableScopeImpl.kt
@@ -150,17 +150,13 @@ public class WritableScopeImpl(override val workerScope: JetScope,
         return workerScope.getLocalVariable(name)
     }
 
-    private fun getFunctionGroups(): SetMultimap<Name, FunctionDescriptor> {
-        if (functionGroups == null) {
-            functionGroups = LinkedHashMultimap.create()
-        }
-        return functionGroups!!
-    }
-
     override fun addFunctionDescriptor(functionDescriptor: FunctionDescriptor) {
         checkMayWrite()
 
-        getFunctionGroups().put(functionDescriptor.getName(), functionDescriptor)
+        if (functionGroups == null) {
+            functionGroups = LinkedHashMultimap.create()
+        }
+        functionGroups!!.put(functionDescriptor.getName(), functionDescriptor)
         explicitlyAddedDescriptors.add(functionDescriptor)
     }