diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/intrinsics/Equals.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/intrinsics/Equals.kt
index a58bb6d52bf..211da1673fd 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/intrinsics/Equals.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/intrinsics/Equals.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.jvm.AsmTypes
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.jvm.AsmTypes.OBJECT_TYPE
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.jvm.jvmSignature.JvmMethodSignature
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.typeUtil.isPrimitiveNumberOrNullableType
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.typeUtil.upperBoundedByPrimitiveNumberOrNullableType
 import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.Type
 import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.commons.InstructionAdapter
 
@@ -97,10 +98,12 @@ class Ieee754Equals(val operandType: Type) : IntrinsicMethod() {
         }
 
         val arg0Type = expression.getValueArgument(0)!!.type.toKotlinType()
-        if (!arg0Type.isPrimitiveNumberOrNullableType()) throw AssertionError("Should be primitive or nullable primitive type: $arg0Type")
+        if (!arg0Type.isPrimitiveNumberOrNullableType() && !arg0Type.upperBoundedByPrimitiveNumberOrNullableType())
+            throw AssertionError("Should be primitive or nullable primitive type: $arg0Type")
 
         val arg1Type = expression.getValueArgument(1)!!.type.toKotlinType()
-        if (!arg1Type.isPrimitiveNumberOrNullableType()) throw AssertionError("Should be primitive or nullable primitive type: $arg1Type")
+        if (!arg1Type.isPrimitiveNumberOrNullableType() && !arg1Type.upperBoundedByPrimitiveNumberOrNullableType())
+            throw AssertionError("Should be primitive or nullable primitive type: $arg1Type")
 
         val arg0isNullable = arg0Type.isMarkedNullable
         val arg1isNullable = arg1Type.isMarkedNullable
@@ -124,7 +127,6 @@ class Ieee754Equals(val operandType: Type) : IntrinsicMethod() {
                 Ieee754AreEqual(boxedOperandType, boxedOperandType)
         }
     }
-
 }
 
 class TotalOrderEquals(operandType: Type) : IntrinsicMethod() {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/ieee754/equalsNaN_properIeeeComparisons.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/ieee754/equalsNaN_properIeeeComparisons.kt
index 13a99440bea..b87dfcd29e5 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/ieee754/equalsNaN_properIeeeComparisons.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/ieee754/equalsNaN_properIeeeComparisons.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // !LANGUAGE: +ProperIeee754Comparisons
-// IGNORE_BACKEND: JVM_IR
 // WITH_RUNTIME
 
 import kotlin.test.*
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/TypeUtils.kt b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/TypeUtils.kt
index 6a648da508e..b888751cda2 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/TypeUtils.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/TypeUtils.kt
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ fun KotlinType.isPrimitiveNumberOrNullableType(): Boolean =
 
 fun KotlinType.isTypeParameter(): Boolean = TypeUtils.isTypeParameter(this)
 
+fun KotlinType.upperBoundedByPrimitiveNumberOrNullableType(): Boolean =
+    TypeUtils.getTypeParameterDescriptorOrNull(this)?.upperBounds?.any { it.isPrimitiveNumberOrNullableType() } == true
+
 fun KotlinType.isInterface(): Boolean = (constructor.declarationDescriptor as? ClassDescriptor)?.kind == ClassKind.INTERFACE
 fun KotlinType.isEnum(): Boolean = (constructor.declarationDescriptor as? ClassDescriptor)?.kind == ClassKind.ENUM_CLASS