diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/TypeOperatorLowering.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/TypeOperatorLowering.kt
index d8443899056..8cb8b9c67cf 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/TypeOperatorLowering.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/lower/TypeOperatorLowering.kt
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ private class TypeOperatorTransformer(val context: Context, val function: Functi
 
     private val builder = context.createIrBuilder(function)
 
-    val throwClassCastException by lazy {
-        context.builtIns.getKonanInternalFunctions("ThrowClassCastException").single()
+    val throwTypeCastException by lazy {
+        context.builtIns.getKonanInternalFunctions("ThrowTypeCastException").single()
     }
 
     override fun visitFunction(declaration: IrFunction): IrStatement {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ private class TypeOperatorTransformer(val context: Context, val function: Functi
                                 thenPart = if (typeOperand.isMarkedNullable)
                                     irNull()
                                 else
-                                    irCall(throwClassCastException),
+                                    irCall(throwTypeCastException),
 
                                 elsePart = irAs(irGet(argument), typeOperand.makeNotNullable())
                         )
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/konan/internal/RuntimeUtils.kt b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/konan/internal/RuntimeUtils.kt
index 3a7e5ec9c6b..af8ec91dd0f 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/kotlin/konan/internal/RuntimeUtils.kt
+++ b/runtime/src/main/kotlin/konan/internal/RuntimeUtils.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ fun ThrowClassCastException(): Nothing {
     throw ClassCastException()
 }
 
+fun ThrowTypeCastException(): Nothing {
+    throw TypeCastException()
+}
+
 @ExportForCppRuntime
 internal fun ThrowArithmeticException() : Nothing {
     throw ArithmeticException()