diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/abiStabilityUnstableWithOldBackend.args b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/abiStabilityUnstableWithOldBackend.args
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95a2e286aa9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/abiStabilityUnstableWithOldBackend.args
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+$TESTDATA_DIR$/simple.kt
+-d
+$TEMP_DIR$
+-Xabi-stability=unstable
+-Xuse-old-backend
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/abiStabilityUnstableWithOldBackend.out b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/abiStabilityUnstableWithOldBackend.out
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4383a3f6de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/cli/jvm/abiStabilityUnstableWithOldBackend.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+error: -Xabi-stability=unstable is not supported in the old JVM backend
+COMPILATION_ERROR
diff --git a/compiler/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
index 2585ea7c5cf..445389dac65 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/CliTestGenerated.java
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ public class CliTestGenerated extends AbstractCliTest {
             runTest("compiler/testData/cli/jvm/abiStabilityIncorrectValue.args");
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("abiStabilityUnstableWithOldBackend.args")
+        public void testAbiStabilityUnstableWithOldBackend() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/cli/jvm/abiStabilityUnstableWithOldBackend.args");
+        }
+
         public void testAllFilesPresentInJvm() throws Exception {
             KtTestUtil.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadataWithExcluded(this.getClass(), new File("compiler/testData/cli/jvm"), Pattern.compile("^(.+)\\.args$"), null, false);
         }