diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrTypeConverter.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrTypeConverter.kt
index 272b346a8cd..1830877d9dc 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrTypeConverter.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrTypeConverter.kt
@@ -120,7 +120,11 @@ class Fir2IrTypeConverter(
                 if (cached == null) {
                     val irType = lowerType?.toIrType(typeContext) ?: run {
                         capturedTypeCache[this] = errorTypeForCapturedTypeStub
-                        constructor.supertypes!!.first().toIrType(typeContext)
+                        val supertypes = constructor.supertypes!!
+                        val approximation = supertypes.find {
+                            it == (constructor.projection as? ConeKotlinTypeProjection)?.type
+                        } ?: supertypes.first()
+                        approximation.toIrType(typeContext)
                     }
                     capturedTypeCache[this] = irType
                     irType
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/sam/genericSamProjectedOut.fir.kt.txt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/sam/genericSamProjectedOut.fir.kt.txt
index dbc03ed47f0..1fc96f0fbe5 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/sam/genericSamProjectedOut.fir.kt.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/sam/genericSamProjectedOut.fir.kt.txt
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ fun test(a: SomeJavaClass<out String>) {
   a.someFunction(hello = local fun <anonymous>(it: String?) {
     return Unit
   }
- /*-> Hello<Any?>? */)
+ /*-> Hello<String>? */)
   a.plus(hello = local fun <anonymous>(it: String?) {
     return Unit
   }
- /*-> Hello<Any?>? */)
+ /*-> Hello<String>? */)
   a.get(hello = local fun <anonymous>(it: String?) {
     return Unit
   }
- /*-> Hello<Any?>? */)
+ /*-> Hello<String>? */)
 }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/sam/genericSamProjectedOut.fir.txt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/sam/genericSamProjectedOut.fir.txt
index b5176c83c8f..9f430d1e493 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/sam/genericSamProjectedOut.fir.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/sam/genericSamProjectedOut.fir.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ FILE fqName:<root> fileName:/genericSamProjectedOut.kt
     BLOCK_BODY
       CALL 'public open fun someFunction (hello: example.Hello<A of example.SomeJavaClass?>?): kotlin.Unit declared in example.SomeJavaClass' type=kotlin.Unit origin=null
         $this: GET_VAR 'a: example.SomeJavaClass<out kotlin.String> declared in <root>.test' type=example.SomeJavaClass<out kotlin.String> origin=null
-        hello: TYPE_OP type=example.Hello<kotlin.Any?>? origin=SAM_CONVERSION typeOperand=example.Hello<kotlin.Any?>?
+        hello: TYPE_OP type=example.Hello<kotlin.String>? origin=SAM_CONVERSION typeOperand=example.Hello<kotlin.String>?
           FUN_EXPR type=kotlin.Function1<kotlin.String?, kotlin.Unit> origin=LAMBDA
             FUN LOCAL_FUNCTION_FOR_LAMBDA name:<anonymous> visibility:local modality:FINAL <> (it:kotlin.String?) returnType:kotlin.Unit
               VALUE_PARAMETER name:it index:0 type:kotlin.String?
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ FILE fqName:<root> fileName:/genericSamProjectedOut.kt
                   GET_OBJECT 'CLASS IR_EXTERNAL_DECLARATION_STUB OBJECT name:Unit modality:FINAL visibility:public superTypes:[kotlin.Any]' type=kotlin.Unit
       CALL 'public open fun plus (hello: example.Hello<A of example.SomeJavaClass?>?): kotlin.Unit [operator] declared in example.SomeJavaClass' type=kotlin.Unit origin=PLUS
         $this: GET_VAR 'a: example.SomeJavaClass<out kotlin.String> declared in <root>.test' type=example.SomeJavaClass<out kotlin.String> origin=null
-        hello: TYPE_OP type=example.Hello<kotlin.Any?>? origin=SAM_CONVERSION typeOperand=example.Hello<kotlin.Any?>?
+        hello: TYPE_OP type=example.Hello<kotlin.String>? origin=SAM_CONVERSION typeOperand=example.Hello<kotlin.String>?
           FUN_EXPR type=kotlin.Function1<kotlin.String?, kotlin.Unit> origin=LAMBDA
             FUN LOCAL_FUNCTION_FOR_LAMBDA name:<anonymous> visibility:local modality:FINAL <> (it:kotlin.String?) returnType:kotlin.Unit
               VALUE_PARAMETER name:it index:0 type:kotlin.String?
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ FILE fqName:<root> fileName:/genericSamProjectedOut.kt
                   GET_OBJECT 'CLASS IR_EXTERNAL_DECLARATION_STUB OBJECT name:Unit modality:FINAL visibility:public superTypes:[kotlin.Any]' type=kotlin.Unit
       CALL 'public open fun get (hello: example.Hello<A of example.SomeJavaClass?>?): kotlin.Unit [operator] declared in example.SomeJavaClass' type=kotlin.Unit origin=null
         $this: GET_VAR 'a: example.SomeJavaClass<out kotlin.String> declared in <root>.test' type=example.SomeJavaClass<out kotlin.String> origin=null
-        hello: TYPE_OP type=example.Hello<kotlin.Any?>? origin=SAM_CONVERSION typeOperand=example.Hello<kotlin.Any?>?
+        hello: TYPE_OP type=example.Hello<kotlin.String>? origin=SAM_CONVERSION typeOperand=example.Hello<kotlin.String>?
           FUN_EXPR type=kotlin.Function1<kotlin.String?, kotlin.Unit> origin=LAMBDA
             FUN LOCAL_FUNCTION_FOR_LAMBDA name:<anonymous> visibility:local modality:FINAL <> (it:kotlin.String?) returnType:kotlin.Unit
               VALUE_PARAMETER name:it index:0 type:kotlin.String?