diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/descriptors/JavaPropertyDescriptor.java b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/descriptors/JavaPropertyDescriptor.java
index 2fef3289a97..3fdbefffb4b 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/descriptors/JavaPropertyDescriptor.java
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/descriptors/JavaPropertyDescriptor.java
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 public class JavaPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptorImpl implements JavaCallableMemberDescriptor {
     private final boolean isStaticFinal;
-    public JavaPropertyDescriptor(
+
+    protected JavaPropertyDescriptor(
             @NotNull DeclarationDescriptor containingDeclaration,
             @NotNull Annotations annotations,
             @NotNull Modality modality,
@@ -41,14 +42,46 @@ public class JavaPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptorImpl implements Ja
             @NotNull Name name,
             @NotNull SourceElement source,
             @Nullable PropertyDescriptor original,
+            @NotNull Kind kind,
             boolean isStaticFinal
     ) {
-        super(containingDeclaration, original, annotations, modality, visibility, isVar, name, Kind.DECLARATION, source,
+        super(containingDeclaration, original, annotations, modality, visibility, isVar, name, kind, source,
               /* lateInit = */ false, /* isConst = */ false);
 
         this.isStaticFinal = isStaticFinal;
     }
 
+    @NotNull
+    public static JavaPropertyDescriptor create(
+            @NotNull DeclarationDescriptor containingDeclaration,
+            @NotNull Annotations annotations,
+            @NotNull Modality modality,
+            @NotNull Visibility visibility,
+            boolean isVar,
+            @NotNull Name name,
+            @NotNull SourceElement source,
+            boolean isStaticFinal
+    ) {
+        return new JavaPropertyDescriptor(
+                containingDeclaration, annotations, modality, visibility, isVar, name, source, null, Kind.DECLARATION, isStaticFinal
+        );
+    }
+
+    @NotNull
+    @Override
+    protected PropertyDescriptorImpl createSubstitutedCopy(
+            @NotNull DeclarationDescriptor newOwner,
+            @NotNull Modality newModality,
+            @NotNull Visibility newVisibility,
+            @Nullable PropertyDescriptor original,
+            @NotNull Kind kind
+    ) {
+        return new JavaPropertyDescriptor(
+                newOwner, getAnnotations(), newModality, newVisibility, isVar(), getName(), SourceElement.NO_SOURCE, original,
+                kind, isStaticFinal
+        );
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean hasSynthesizedParameterNames() {
         return false;
@@ -70,6 +103,7 @@ public class JavaPropertyDescriptor extends PropertyDescriptorImpl implements Ja
                 getName(),
                 getSource(),
                 getOriginal(),
+                getKind(),
                 isStaticFinal
         );
 
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaClassMemberScope.kt b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaClassMemberScope.kt
index afc7d048a47..6be223ead3a 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaClassMemberScope.kt
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaClassMemberScope.kt
@@ -385,9 +385,9 @@ class LazyJavaClassMemberScope(
     ): JavaPropertyDescriptor {
         val annotations = c.resolveAnnotations(method)
 
-        val propertyDescriptor = JavaPropertyDescriptor(
-                ownerDescriptor, annotations, modality, method.getVisibility(),
-                /* isVar = */ false, method.name, c.components.sourceElementFactory.source(method), /* original */ null,
+        val propertyDescriptor = JavaPropertyDescriptor.create(
+                ownerDescriptor, annotations, modality, method.visibility,
+                /* isVar = */ false, method.name, c.components.sourceElementFactory.source(method),
                 /* isStaticFinal = */ false
         )
 
@@ -419,10 +419,9 @@ class LazyJavaClassMemberScope(
             "for getter is ${getterMethod.modality}, but for setter is ${setterMethod?.modality}"
         }
 
-        val propertyDescriptor = JavaPropertyDescriptor(
+        val propertyDescriptor = JavaPropertyDescriptor.create(
                 ownerDescriptor, Annotations.EMPTY, getterMethod.modality, getterMethod.visibility,
                 /* isVar = */ setterMethod != null, overriddenProperty.name, getterMethod.source,
-                /* original */ null,
                 /* isStaticFinal = */ false
         )
 
diff --git a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt
index 4fc4ec865ec..0488f9390c8 100644
--- a/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt
+++ b/core/descriptor.loader.java/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/java/lazy/descriptors/LazyJavaScope.kt
@@ -265,12 +265,12 @@ abstract class LazyJavaScope(protected val c: LazyJavaResolverContext) : MemberS
 
     private fun createPropertyDescriptor(field: JavaField): PropertyDescriptorImpl {
         val isVar = !field.isFinal
-        val visibility = field.visibility
         val annotations = c.resolveAnnotations(field)
-        val propertyName = field.name
 
-        return JavaPropertyDescriptor(ownerDescriptor, annotations, Modality.FINAL, visibility, isVar, propertyName,
-                                      c.components.sourceElementFactory.source(field), /* original = */ null, /*isConst= */ field.isFinalStatic)
+        return JavaPropertyDescriptor.create(
+                ownerDescriptor, annotations, Modality.FINAL, field.visibility, isVar, field.name,
+                c.components.sourceElementFactory.source(field), /* isConst = */ field.isFinalStatic
+        )
     }
 
     private val JavaField.isFinalStatic: Boolean
diff --git a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/PropertyDescriptorImpl.java b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/PropertyDescriptorImpl.java
index c6792b3c3a7..da70fab8022 100644
--- a/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/PropertyDescriptorImpl.java
+++ b/core/descriptors/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/descriptors/impl/PropertyDescriptorImpl.java
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.TypeSubstitutor;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.Variance;
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.SmartSet;
 
-import java.util.*;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.descriptorUtil.DescriptorUtilsKt.getBuiltIns;
 
@@ -210,7 +213,7 @@ public class PropertyDescriptorImpl extends VariableDescriptorWithInitializerImp
     }
 
     @Nullable
-    private PropertyDescriptor doSubstitute(
+    protected PropertyDescriptor doSubstitute(
             @NotNull TypeSubstitutor originalSubstitutor,
             @NotNull DeclarationDescriptor newOwner,
             @NotNull Modality newModality,
@@ -322,19 +325,10 @@ public class PropertyDescriptorImpl extends VariableDescriptorWithInitializerImp
             @Nullable PropertyDescriptor original,
             @NotNull Kind kind
     ) {
-        return new PropertyDescriptorImpl(newOwner, original,
-                                          getAnnotations(), newModality, newVisibility,
-                                          isVar(), getName(), kind, SourceElement.NO_SOURCE, isLateInit(), isConst());
-    }
-
-    @NotNull
-    private static Visibility convertVisibility(Visibility orig, Visibility candidate) {
-        if (candidate == Visibilities.INHERITED) {
-            return candidate;
-        }
-
-        Integer result = Visibilities.compare(orig, candidate);
-        return result != null && result < 0 ? candidate : orig;
+        return new PropertyDescriptorImpl(
+                newOwner, original, getAnnotations(), newModality, newVisibility, isVar(), getName(), kind, SourceElement.NO_SOURCE,
+                isLateInit(), isConst()
+        );
     }
 
     @Override