diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/objcexport/BlockPointerSupport.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/objcexport/BlockPointerSupport.kt
index af0654bd0c4..0ca13e435dc 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/objcexport/BlockPointerSupport.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/objcexport/BlockPointerSupport.kt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ private fun FunctionGenerationContext.loadBlockInvoke(
     val blockLiteralType = codegen.runtime.getStructType("Block_literal_1")
     val invokePtr = structGep(bitcast(pointerType(blockLiteralType), blockPtr), 3)
 
-    return bitcast(pointerType(bridge.blockInvokeLlvmType), load(invokePtr))
+    return bitcast(pointerType(bridge.blockType.blockInvokeLlvmType), load(invokePtr))
 }
 
 private fun FunctionGenerationContext.allocInstanceWithAssociatedObject(
@@ -123,7 +123,15 @@ private fun FunctionGenerationContext.allocInstanceWithAssociatedObject(
         resultLifetime
 )
 
-private val BlockPointerBridge.blockInvokeLlvmType: LLVMTypeRef
+private val BlockPointerBridge.blockType: BlockType
+    get() = BlockType(numberOfParameters = this.numberOfParameters, returnsVoid = this.returnsVoid)
+
+/**
+ * Type of block having [numberOfParameters] reference-typed parameters and reference- or void-typed return value.
+ */
+internal data class BlockType(val numberOfParameters: Int, val returnsVoid: Boolean)
+
+private val BlockType.blockInvokeLlvmType: LLVMTypeRef
     get() = functionType(
             if (returnsVoid) voidType else int8TypePtr,
             false,
@@ -133,7 +141,7 @@ private val BlockPointerBridge.blockInvokeLlvmType: LLVMTypeRef
 private val BlockPointerBridge.nameSuffix: String
     get() = numberOfParameters.toString() + if (returnsVoid) "V" else ""
 
-internal class BlockAdapterToFunctionGenerator(private val codegen: CodeGenerator) {
+internal class BlockGenerator(private val codegen: CodeGenerator) {
     private val kRefSharedHolderType = LLVMGetTypeByName(codegen.runtime.llvmModule, "class.KRefSharedHolder")!!
 
     private val blockLiteralType = structType(
@@ -188,11 +196,11 @@ internal class BlockAdapterToFunctionGenerator(private val codegen: CodeGenerato
     fun org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.konan.Context.LongInt(value: Long) =
             if (is64BitLong()) Int64(value) else Int32(value.toInt())
 
-    private fun generateDescriptorForBlockAdapterToFunction(bridge: BlockPointerBridge): ConstValue {
-        val numberOfParameters = bridge.numberOfParameters
+    private fun generateDescriptorForBlock(blockType: BlockType): ConstValue {
+        val numberOfParameters = blockType.numberOfParameters
 
         val signature = buildString {
-            append(if (bridge.returnsVoid) 'v' else '@')
+            append(if (blockType.returnsVoid) 'v' else '@')
             val pointerSize = codegen.runtime.pointerSize
             append(pointerSize * (numberOfParameters + 1))
 
@@ -217,35 +225,23 @@ internal class BlockAdapterToFunctionGenerator(private val codegen: CodeGenerato
     }
 
 
-
-    private fun ObjCExportCodeGeneratorBase.generateInvoke(bridge: BlockPointerBridge): ConstPointer {
-        val numberOfParameters = bridge.numberOfParameters
-
-        val result = generateFunction(codegen, bridge.blockInvokeLlvmType, "invokeBlock${bridge.nameSuffix}") {
+    private fun ObjCExportCodeGeneratorBase.generateInvoke(
+            blockType: BlockType,
+            invokeName: String,
+            genBody: FunctionGenerationContext.(LLVMValueRef, List<LLVMValueRef>) -> Unit
+    ): ConstPointer {
+        val result = generateFunction(codegen, blockType.blockInvokeLlvmType, invokeName) {
             val blockPtr = bitcast(pointerType(blockLiteralType), param(0))
-            val kotlinFunction = call(
+            val kotlinObject = call(
                     context.llvm.kRefSharedHolderRef,
                     listOf(structGep(blockPtr, 1)),
                     exceptionHandler = ExceptionHandler.Caller,
                     verbatim = true
             )
 
-            val args = (1 .. numberOfParameters).map { index ->
-                objCReferenceToKotlin(param(index), Lifetime.ARGUMENT)
-            }
+            val arguments = (1 .. blockType.numberOfParameters).map { index -> param(index) }
 
-            val invokeMethod = context.ir.symbols.functionN(numberOfParameters).owner.simpleFunctions()
-                    .single { it.name == OperatorNameConventions.INVOKE }
-
-            val callee = lookupVirtualImpl(kotlinFunction, invokeMethod)
-
-            val result = callFromBridge(callee, listOf(kotlinFunction) + args, Lifetime.ARGUMENT)
-
-            if (bridge.returnsVoid) {
-                ret(null)
-            } else {
-                ret(kotlinReferenceToObjC(result))
-            }
+            genBody(kotlinObject, arguments)
         }.also {
             LLVMSetLinkage(it, LLVMLinkage.LLVMInternalLinkage)
         }
@@ -253,16 +249,48 @@ internal class BlockAdapterToFunctionGenerator(private val codegen: CodeGenerato
         return constPointer(result)
     }
 
-    fun ObjCExportCodeGeneratorBase.generateConvertFunctionToBlock(bridge: BlockPointerBridge): LLVMValueRef {
+    fun ObjCExportCodeGeneratorBase.generateConvertFunctionToBlock(
+            bridge: BlockPointerBridge
+    ): LLVMValueRef {
+        return generateWrapKotlinObjectToBlock(
+                bridge.blockType,
+                convertName = "convertFunction${bridge.nameSuffix}",
+                invokeName = "invokeBlock${bridge.nameSuffix}"
+        ) { kotlinFunction, arguments ->
+            val numberOfParameters = bridge.numberOfParameters
+
+            val kotlinArguments = arguments.map { objCReferenceToKotlin(it, Lifetime.ARGUMENT) }
+
+            val invokeMethod = context.ir.symbols.functionN(numberOfParameters).owner.simpleFunctions()
+                    .single { it.name == OperatorNameConventions.INVOKE }
+
+            val callee = lookupVirtualImpl(kotlinFunction, invokeMethod)
+
+            val result = callFromBridge(callee, listOf(kotlinFunction) + kotlinArguments, Lifetime.ARGUMENT)
+
+            if (bridge.returnsVoid) {
+                ret(null)
+            } else {
+                ret(kotlinReferenceToObjC(result))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    internal fun ObjCExportCodeGeneratorBase.generateWrapKotlinObjectToBlock(
+            blockType: BlockType,
+            convertName: String,
+            invokeName: String,
+            genBlockBody: FunctionGenerationContext.(LLVMValueRef, List<LLVMValueRef>) -> Unit
+    ): LLVMValueRef {
         val blockDescriptor = codegen.staticData.placeGlobal(
                 "",
-                generateDescriptorForBlockAdapterToFunction(bridge)
+                generateDescriptorForBlock(blockType)
         )
 
         return generateFunction(
                 codegen,
                 functionType(int8TypePtr, false, codegen.kObjHeaderPtr),
-                "convertFunction${bridge.nameSuffix}"
+                convertName
         ) {
             val kotlinRef = param(0)
             ifThen(icmpEq(kotlinRef, kNullObjHeaderPtr)) {
@@ -279,7 +307,7 @@ internal class BlockAdapterToFunctionGenerator(private val codegen: CodeGenerato
             val reserved = Int32(0).llvm
 
             val invokeType = pointerType(functionType(voidType, true, int8TypePtr))
-            val invoke = generateInvoke(bridge).bitcast(invokeType).llvm
+            val invoke = generateInvoke(blockType, invokeName, genBlockBody).bitcast(invokeType).llvm
             val descriptor = blockDescriptor.llvmGlobal
 
             val blockOnStack = alloca(blockLiteralType)
diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/objcexport/ObjCExportCodeGenerator.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/objcexport/ObjCExportCodeGenerator.kt
index fdbe67b02ad..d7070acab8d 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/objcexport/ObjCExportCodeGenerator.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/objcexport/ObjCExportCodeGenerator.kt
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ internal open class ObjCExportCodeGeneratorBase(codegen: CodeGenerator) : ObjCCo
                 generateBlockToKotlinFunctionConverter(bridge)
             }
 
-    private val blockAdapterToFunctionGenerator = BlockAdapterToFunctionGenerator(this.codegen)
+    private val blockGenerator = BlockGenerator(this.codegen)
     private val functionToBlockConverterCache = mutableMapOf<BlockPointerBridge, LLVMValueRef>()
 
     internal fun kotlinFunctionToBlockConverter(bridge: BlockPointerBridge): LLVMValueRef =
             functionToBlockConverterCache.getOrPut(bridge) {
-                blockAdapterToFunctionGenerator.run {
+                blockGenerator.run {
                     generateConvertFunctionToBlock(bridge)
                 }
             }