diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/coroutines/CoroutineTransformerMethodVisitor.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/coroutines/CoroutineTransformerMethodVisitor.kt
index 64e81092a28..e1c8428bab8 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/coroutines/CoroutineTransformerMethodVisitor.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/coroutines/CoroutineTransformerMethodVisitor.kt
@@ -201,20 +201,38 @@ class CoroutineTransformerMethodVisitor(
 
     // When suspension point is inlined, it is in range of fake inliner variables.
     // Path from TABLESWITCH into unspilling goes to latter part of the range.
-    // In this case the variables are uninitialized, initialize them
+    // In this case the variables are uninitialized, initialize them, and split the local variable
+    // range so that the local variable is only defined when initialized.
     private fun initializeFakeInlinerVariables(methodNode: MethodNode, stateLabels: List<LabelNode>) {
         for (stateLabel in stateLabels) {
+            val newRecords = mutableListOf<LocalVariableNode>()
             for (record in methodNode.localVariables) {
                 if (isFakeLocalVariableForInline(record.name) &&
                     methodNode.instructions.indexOf(record.start) < methodNode.instructions.indexOf(stateLabel) &&
                     methodNode.instructions.indexOf(stateLabel) < methodNode.instructions.indexOf(record.end)
                 ) {
+                    val newEnd = record.end
+                    val newStart = LabelNode()
+                    record.end = stateLabel
                     methodNode.instructions.insert(stateLabel, withInstructionAdapter {
                         iconst(0)
                         store(record.index, Type.INT_TYPE)
+                    }.also {
+                        it.add(newStart)
                     })
+                    newRecords.add(
+                        LocalVariableNode(
+                            record.name,
+                            record.desc,
+                            record.signature,
+                            newStart,
+                            newEnd,
+                            record.index
+                        )
+                    )
                 }
             }
+            methodNode.localVariables.addAll(newRecords)
         }
     }