diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsLoweringPhases.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsLoweringPhases.kt
index 4fd9ac4769b..c5e1e6a00d8 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsLoweringPhases.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsLoweringPhases.kt
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ private val forLoopsLoweringPhase = makeIrModulePhase(
 private val enumWhenPhase = makeIrModulePhase(
     ::EnumWhenLowering,
     name = "EnumWhenLowering",
-    description = "Replace `when` subjects of enum types with their ordinals"
+    description = "[Optimization] Replace `when` subjects of enum types with their ordinals"
 )
 
 private val propertyLazyInitLoweringPhase = makeIrModulePhase(
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.wasm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/wasm/WasmLoweringPhases.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.wasm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/wasm/WasmLoweringPhases.kt
index 4f74a00f615..21b1957d0f0 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.wasm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/wasm/WasmLoweringPhases.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.wasm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/wasm/WasmLoweringPhases.kt
@@ -202,6 +202,12 @@ private val jsInteropFunctionCallsLowering = makeIrModulePhase(
     description = "Replace calls to delegates",
 )
 
+private val enumWhenPhase = makeIrModulePhase(
+    ::EnumWhenLowering,
+    name = "EnumWhenLowering",
+    description = "[Optimization] Replace `when` subjects of enum types with their ordinals"
+)
+
 private val enumClassConstructorLoweringPhase = makeIrModulePhase(
     ::EnumClassConstructorLowering,
     name = "EnumClassConstructorLowering",
@@ -646,6 +652,7 @@ val loweringList = listOf(
 
     tailrecLoweringPhase,
 
+    enumWhenPhase,
     enumClassConstructorLoweringPhase,
     enumClassConstructorBodyLoweringPhase,
     enumEntryInstancesLoweringPhase,