diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementTransformer.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementTransformer.kt
index f4c50698600..03ba316c0df 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementTransformer.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementTransformer.kt
@@ -102,7 +102,9 @@ interface IrElementTransformer<in D> : IrElementVisitor<IrElement, D> {
     override fun visitFieldAccess(expression: IrFieldAccessExpression, data: D) = visitDeclarationReference(expression, data)
     override fun visitGetField(expression: IrGetField, data: D) = visitFieldAccess(expression, data)
     override fun visitSetField(expression: IrSetField, data: D) = visitFieldAccess(expression, data)
-    override fun visitMemberAccess(expression: IrMemberAccessExpression<*>, data: D): IrElement = visitExpression(expression, data)
+    override fun visitMemberAccess(expression: IrMemberAccessExpression<*>, data: D): IrElement =
+        visitDeclarationReference(expression, data)
+
     override fun visitFunctionAccess(expression: IrFunctionAccessExpression, data: D): IrElement = visitMemberAccess(expression, data)
     override fun visitCall(expression: IrCall, data: D) = visitFunctionAccess(expression, data)
     override fun visitConstructorCall(expression: IrConstructorCall, data: D): IrElement = visitFunctionAccess(expression, data)
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementTransformerVoid.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementTransformerVoid.kt
index 057e348254d..1e0eaf13f05 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementTransformerVoid.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementTransformerVoid.kt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ abstract class IrElementTransformerVoid : IrElementTransformer<Nothing?> {
     open fun visitSetField(expression: IrSetField) = visitFieldAccess(expression)
     final override fun visitSetField(expression: IrSetField, data: Nothing?) = visitSetField(expression)
 
-    open fun visitMemberAccess(expression: IrMemberAccessExpression<*>) = visitExpression(expression)
+    open fun visitMemberAccess(expression: IrMemberAccessExpression<*>) = visitDeclarationReference(expression)
     final override fun visitMemberAccess(expression: IrMemberAccessExpression<*>, data: Nothing?) = visitMemberAccess(expression)
 
     open fun visitFunctionAccess(expression: IrFunctionAccessExpression) = visitMemberAccess(expression)
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementVisitor.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementVisitor.kt
index deca5b4854b..b76ae7c4c9c 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementVisitor.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementVisitor.kt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ interface IrElementVisitor<out R, in D> {
     fun visitGetField(expression: IrGetField, data: D) = visitFieldAccess(expression, data)
     fun visitSetField(expression: IrSetField, data: D) = visitFieldAccess(expression, data)
 
-    fun visitMemberAccess(expression: IrMemberAccessExpression<*>, data: D) = visitExpression(expression, data)
+    fun visitMemberAccess(expression: IrMemberAccessExpression<*>, data: D) = visitDeclarationReference(expression, data)
     fun visitFunctionAccess(expression: IrFunctionAccessExpression, data: D) = visitMemberAccess(expression, data)
     fun visitCall(expression: IrCall, data: D) = visitFunctionAccess(expression, data)
     fun visitConstructorCall(expression: IrConstructorCall, data: D) = visitFunctionAccess(expression, data)
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementVisitorVoid.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementVisitorVoid.kt
index f08d36babff..59cc860b1bb 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementVisitorVoid.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/visitors/IrElementVisitorVoid.kt
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ interface IrElementVisitorVoid : IrElementVisitor<Unit, Nothing?> {
     fun visitSetField(expression: IrSetField) = visitFieldAccess(expression)
     override fun visitSetField(expression: IrSetField, data: Nothing?) = visitSetField(expression)
 
-    fun visitMemberAccess(expression: IrMemberAccessExpression<*>) = visitExpression(expression)
+    fun visitMemberAccess(expression: IrMemberAccessExpression<*>) = visitDeclarationReference(expression)
     override fun visitMemberAccess(expression: IrMemberAccessExpression<*>, data: Nothing?) = visitMemberAccess(expression)
 
     fun visitFunctionAccess(expression: IrFunctionAccessExpression) = visitMemberAccess(expression)