diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
index 5087605fccb..ce6c04d9708 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
@@ -1584,8 +1584,33 @@ internal class CodeGeneratorVisitor(val context: Context, val lifetimes: Map<IrE
         return !irClass.isFrozen
     }
 
+    private fun isZeroConstValue(value: IrExpression): Boolean {
+        if (value !is IrConst<*>) return false
+        return when (value.kind) {
+            IrConstKind.Null -> true
+            IrConstKind.Boolean -> (value.value as Boolean) == false
+            IrConstKind.Byte -> (value.value as Byte) == 0.toByte()
+            IrConstKind.Char -> (value.value as Char) == 0.toChar()
+            IrConstKind.Short -> (value.value as Short) == 0.toShort()
+            IrConstKind.Int -> (value.value as Int) == 0
+            IrConstKind.Long -> (value.value as Long) == 0L
+            IrConstKind.Float -> (value.value as Float).toRawBits() == 0
+            IrConstKind.Double -> (value.value as Double).toRawBits() == 0L
+            IrConstKind.String -> false
+        }
+    }
+
     private fun evaluateSetField(value: IrSetField): LLVMValueRef {
         context.log{"evaluateSetField               : ${ir2string(value)}"}
+        if (value.origin == IrStatementOrigin.INITIALIZE_FIELD
+                && isZeroConstValue(value.value)) {
+            check(value.receiver is IrGetValue) { "Only IrGetValue expected for receiver of a field initializer" }
+            // All newly allocated objects are zeroed out, so it is redundant to initialize their
+            // fields with the default values. This is also aligned with the Kotlin/JVM behavior.
+            // See https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-39100 for details.
+            return codegen.theUnitInstanceRef.llvm
+        }
+
         val valueToAssign = evaluateExpression(value.value)
         val store = if (!value.symbol.owner.isStatic) {
             val thisPtr = evaluateExpression(value.receiver!!)
diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/InitializersLowering.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/InitializersLowering.kt
index 21df4b2bc0b..522da3d8f27 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/InitializersLowering.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/InitializersLowering.kt
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ internal class InitializersLowering(val context: CommonBackendContext) : ClassLo
                     val initExpression = initializer.expression
                     initializers.add(IrBlockImpl(startOffset, endOffset,
                             context.irBuiltIns.unitType,
-                            STATEMENT_ORIGIN_ANONYMOUS_INITIALIZER,
+                            IrStatementOrigin.INITIALIZE_FIELD,
                             listOf(
                                     IrSetFieldImpl(startOffset, endOffset, declaration.symbol,
                                             IrGetValueImpl(
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ internal class InitializersLowering(val context: CommonBackendContext) : ClassLo
                                             ),
                                             initExpression,
                                             context.irBuiltIns.unitType,
-                                            STATEMENT_ORIGIN_ANONYMOUS_INITIALIZER)))
+                                            IrStatementOrigin.INITIALIZE_FIELD)))
                     )
 
                     // We shall keep initializer for constants for compile-time instantiation.