diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/WrongBytecodeVersionTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/WrongBytecodeVersionTest.kt
index f353617c62f..8cfb6f663ca 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/WrongBytecodeVersionTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/WrongBytecodeVersionTest.kt
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ class WrongBytecodeVersionTest : KtUsefulTestCase() {
         val (output, exitCode) = AbstractCliTest.executeCompilerGrabOutput(K2JVMCompiler(), listOf(
                 usageSource.path,
                 "-classpath", tmpdir.path,
-                "-d", tmpdir.path
+                "-d", tmpdir.path,
+                "-Xuse-old-backend"
         ))
 
         assertEquals("Compilation error expected", ExitCode.COMPILATION_ERROR, exitCode)