diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrClassifierStorage.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrClassifierStorage.kt
index c5925e14cd0..a70b418025e 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrClassifierStorage.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrClassifierStorage.kt
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.StandardClassIds
 
 class Fir2IrClassifierStorage(
-    private val converter: Fir2IrConverter,
     private val components: Fir2IrComponents
 ) : Fir2IrComponents by components {
     private val firProvider = session.firProvider
diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrComponents.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrComponents.kt
index 444f17be007..d4eec95acd3 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrComponents.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrComponents.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ interface Fir2IrComponents {
     val session: FirSession
     val scopeSession: ScopeSession
 
+    val converter: Fir2IrConverter
+
     val symbolTable: SymbolTable
     val irBuiltIns: IrBuiltIns
     val builtIns: Fir2IrBuiltIns
diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrComponentsStorage.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrComponentsStorage.kt
index 2b69b3dbde6..17f851120a5 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrComponentsStorage.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrComponentsStorage.kt
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ class Fir2IrComponentsStorage(
     override val irFactory: IrFactory,
     override val signatureComposer: FirBasedSignatureComposer
 ) : Fir2IrComponents {
+
+    override lateinit var converter: Fir2IrConverter
+
     override lateinit var classifierStorage: Fir2IrClassifierStorage
     override lateinit var declarationStorage: Fir2IrDeclarationStorage
 
diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrConverter.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrConverter.kt
index 2ec83fc74ac..4e1bc0778c2 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrConverter.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrConverter.kt
@@ -418,7 +418,10 @@ class Fir2IrConverter(
             val signatureComposer = FirBasedSignatureComposer(mangler)
             val components = Fir2IrComponentsStorage(session, scopeSession, symbolTable, irFactory, signatureComposer)
             val converter = Fir2IrConverter(moduleDescriptor, components)
-            val classifierStorage = Fir2IrClassifierStorage(converter, components)
+
+            components.converter = converter
+
+            val classifierStorage = Fir2IrClassifierStorage(components)
             components.classifierStorage = classifierStorage
             components.delegatedMemberGenerator = DelegatedMemberGenerator(components)
             val declarationStorage = Fir2IrDeclarationStorage(components, moduleDescriptor)
@@ -433,7 +436,7 @@ class Fir2IrConverter(
                 )
             components.irBuiltIns = irBuiltIns
             val conversionScope = Fir2IrConversionScope()
-            val fir2irVisitor = Fir2IrVisitor(converter, components, conversionScope)
+            val fir2irVisitor = Fir2IrVisitor(components, conversionScope)
             val builtIns = Fir2IrBuiltIns(components, specialSymbolProvider)
             val annotationGenerator = AnnotationGenerator(components)
             components.builtIns = builtIns
diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrVisitor.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrVisitor.kt
index 7f4ce5426d6..62afa770af1 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrVisitor.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrVisitor.kt
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtForExpression
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.util.OperatorNameConventions
 
 class Fir2IrVisitor(
-    private val converter: Fir2IrConverter,
     private val components: Fir2IrComponents,
     private val conversionScope: Fir2IrConversionScope
 ) : Fir2IrComponents by components, FirDefaultVisitor<IrElement, Any?>(), IrGeneratorContextInterface {