diff --git a/compiler/fir/raw-fir/light-tree2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/lightTree/converter/DeclarationsConverter.kt b/compiler/fir/raw-fir/light-tree2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/lightTree/converter/DeclarationsConverter.kt
index be02c557e81..9a64c8a20b0 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/raw-fir/light-tree2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/lightTree/converter/DeclarationsConverter.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/raw-fir/light-tree2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/lightTree/converter/DeclarationsConverter.kt
@@ -2021,12 +2021,7 @@ class DeclarationsConverter(
         }
 
         for (modifierList in allTypeModifiers) {
-            if (modifierList.annotations.isNotEmpty()) {
-                val replacementAnnotations =
-                    if (calculatedFirType.annotations.isNotEmpty()) calculatedFirType.annotations + modifierList.annotations
-                    else modifierList.annotations
-                calculatedFirType.replaceAnnotations(replacementAnnotations)
-            }
+            calculatedFirType.replaceAnnotations(calculatedFirType.annotations.smartPlus(modifierList.annotations))
         }
         return calculatedFirType
     }
diff --git a/compiler/fir/raw-fir/light-tree2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/lightTree/converter/ExpressionsConverter.kt b/compiler/fir/raw-fir/light-tree2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/lightTree/converter/ExpressionsConverter.kt
index 7143e0dfc5e..c7a133410a6 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/raw-fir/light-tree2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/lightTree/converter/ExpressionsConverter.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/raw-fir/light-tree2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/lightTree/converter/ExpressionsConverter.kt
@@ -451,10 +451,7 @@ class ExpressionsConverter(
 
         val result = firExpression ?: buildErrorExpression(null, ConeNotAnnotationContainer("???"))
         require(result is FirAnnotationContainer)
-        if (firAnnotationList.isNotEmpty()) {
-            val replacementAnnotations = if (result.annotations.isNotEmpty()) result.annotations + firAnnotationList else firAnnotationList
-            result.replaceAnnotations(replacementAnnotations)
-        }
+        result.replaceAnnotations(result.annotations.smartPlus(firAnnotationList))
         return result
     }
 
diff --git a/compiler/fir/raw-fir/psi2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/builder/RawFirBuilder.kt b/compiler/fir/raw-fir/psi2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/builder/RawFirBuilder.kt
index feb12441b30..261c3a03876 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/raw-fir/psi2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/builder/RawFirBuilder.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/raw-fir/psi2fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/builder/RawFirBuilder.kt
@@ -499,12 +499,7 @@ open class RawFirBuilder(
                             if (this != null) {
                                 it.extractAnnotationsFrom(this)
                             }
-                            val resultAnnotations = when {
-                                accessorAnnotationsFromProperty.isEmpty() -> it.annotations
-                                it.annotations.isEmpty() -> accessorAnnotationsFromProperty
-                                else -> it.annotations + accessorAnnotationsFromProperty
-                            }
-                            it.replaceAnnotations(resultAnnotations)
+                            it.replaceAnnotations(it.annotations.smartPlus(accessorAnnotationsFromProperty))
                             it.status = status
                             it.initContainingClassAttr()
                         }
@@ -704,7 +699,7 @@ open class RawFirBuilder(
             val annotations = buildList {
                 addAll(container.annotations)
                 for (annotationEntry in annotationEntries) {
-                    add(annotationEntry.convert<FirAnnotation>())
+                    add(annotationEntry.convert())
                 }
             }
             container.replaceAnnotations(annotations)
diff --git a/compiler/fir/raw-fir/raw-fir.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/builder/BaseFirBuilder.kt b/compiler/fir/raw-fir/raw-fir.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/builder/BaseFirBuilder.kt
index 730978a2db6..0fd72a9ece6 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/raw-fir/raw-fir.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/builder/BaseFirBuilder.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/raw-fir/raw-fir.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/builder/BaseFirBuilder.kt
@@ -958,13 +958,7 @@ abstract class BaseFirBuilder<T>(val baseSession: FirSession, val context: Conte
             }
             return if (operation == FirOperation.ASSIGN) {
                 val result = unwrappedLhs.convert()
-                if (annotations.isNotEmpty()) {
-                    val annotationsToReplace = if (result.annotations.isEmpty()) annotations else mutableListOf<FirAnnotation>().apply {
-                        addAll(result.annotations)
-                        addAll(annotations)
-                    }
-                    result.replaceAnnotations(annotationsToReplace)
-                }
+                result.replaceAnnotations(result.annotations.smartPlus(annotations))
                 result.pullUpSafeCallIfNecessary()
             } else {
                 val receiver = unwrappedLhs.convert()
diff --git a/compiler/fir/tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Utils.kt b/compiler/fir/tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Utils.kt
index ac3c53e4a31..661c7d62b98 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Utils.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Utils.kt
@@ -197,3 +197,14 @@ value class MutableOrEmptyList<T>(val list: MutableList<T>?) : List<T> {
         fun <T> empty(): MutableOrEmptyList<T> = EMPTY as MutableOrEmptyList<T>
     }
 }
+
+fun <T> List<T>.smartPlus(other: List<T>): List<T> = when {
+    other.isEmpty() -> this
+    this.isEmpty() -> other
+    else -> {
+        val result = ArrayList<T>(this.size + other.size)
+        result.addAll(this)
+        result.addAll(other)
+        result
+    }
+}