diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/optimizations/EscapeAnalysis.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/optimizations/EscapeAnalysis.kt
index 3b11d81e9af..291f690b7db 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/optimizations/EscapeAnalysis.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/optimizations/EscapeAnalysis.kt
@@ -556,6 +556,7 @@ internal object EscapeAnalysis {
                 } else {
                     context.log { "Escape analysis was refined:\n$endResult" }
                     if (numberOfRuns[function]!! > 1) {
+                        // TODO: suboptimal. May be it is possible somehow handle the entire component at once?
                         context.log {
                             "WARNING: Escape analysis for $function seems not to be converging." +
                                     " Assuming conservative results."
@@ -571,7 +572,9 @@ internal object EscapeAnalysis {
                 }
             }
 
-            for (graph in pointsToGraphs.values) {
+            pointsToGraphs.forEach { (function, graph) ->
+                // TODO: suboptimal.
+                if (function !in nodes) return@forEach
                 for (node in graph.nodes.keys) {
                     node.ir?.let {
                         val lifetime = graph.lifetimeOf(node)
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/build.gradle b/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
index 3f471cece2c..68aa39e37ca 100644
--- a/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
+++ b/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
@@ -2779,6 +2779,10 @@ task codegen_escapeAnalysis_zeroOutObjectOnAlloc(type: KonanLocalTest) {
     source = "codegen/escapeAnalysis/zeroOutObjectOnAlloc.kt"
 }
 
+task codegen_escapeAnalysis_recursion(type: KonanLocalTest) {
+    source = "codegen/escapeAnalysis/recursion.kt"
+}
+
 task memory_var1(type: KonanLocalTest) {
     source = "runtime/memory/var1.kt"
 }
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/codegen/escapeAnalysis/recursion.kt b/backend.native/tests/codegen/escapeAnalysis/recursion.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..08015939f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.native/tests/codegen/escapeAnalysis/recursion.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license
+ * that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+package codegen.escapeAnalysis.recursion
+
+import kotlin.test.*
+
+class A {
+    var f: A? = null
+}
+
+fun foo(k: Int, a1: A, a2: A): A {
+    val a3 = A()
+    if (k == 0)
+        return a1
+    a3.f = a1
+    return foo(k - 1, a2, a3)
+}
+
+@Test fun runTest() {
+    foo(3, A(), A()).toString()
+}
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