diff --git a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilerRunner.kt b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilerRunner.kt
index dd9a0e870b8..584d640d4cb 100644
--- a/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilerRunner.kt
+++ b/compiler/incremental-compilation-impl/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/incremental/IncrementalCompilerRunner.kt
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ abstract class IncrementalCompilerRunner<
                 "Incremental compilation analysis failed: ${e.stackTraceToString()}.\nFalling back to non-incremental compilation."
             }
         } finally {
-            if (!caches.close()) {
+            if (!caches.close(flush = true)) {
                 reporter.report { "Unable to close IC caches. Cleaning internal state" }
                 cleanOutputsAndLocalStateOnRebuild(args)
             }