diff --git a/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/abi/asm/ReplaceWithEmptyMethodVisitor.kt b/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/abi/asm/ReplaceWithEmptyMethodVisitor.kt
index 6f7e7f0e68e..a848e1da743 100644
--- a/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/abi/asm/ReplaceWithEmptyMethodVisitor.kt
+++ b/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/abi/asm/ReplaceWithEmptyMethodVisitor.kt
@@ -19,5 +19,7 @@ internal class ReplaceWithEmptyMethodVisitor(
 ) : TransformationMethodVisitor(delegate, access, name, desc, signature, exceptions, api = ABI_EXTENSION_ASM_API_VERSION) {
     override fun performTransformations(methodNode: MethodNode) {
         methodNode.instructions.clear()
+        methodNode.localVariables.clear()
+        methodNode.tryCatchBlocks.clear()
     }
 }
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diff --git a/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/testData/compare/functionBody/base/function.kt b/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/testData/compare/functionBody/base/function.kt
index fe4bce1841c..46c201a8e7e 100644
--- a/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/testData/compare/functionBody/base/function.kt
+++ b/plugins/jvm-abi-gen/testData/compare/functionBody/base/function.kt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 package test
 
-fun sum(x: Int, y: Int): Int = x + y
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+fun sum(x: Int, y: Int): Int =
+    try {
+        var result = x
+        result += y
+        result
+    } finally {
+        // do nothing
+    }
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