diff --git a/compiler/ir/serialization.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/serialization/KotlinIrLinker.kt b/compiler/ir/serialization.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/serialization/KotlinIrLinker.kt
index 909650f882e..6987de40010 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/serialization.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/serialization/KotlinIrLinker.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/serialization.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/serialization/KotlinIrLinker.kt
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ abstract class KotlinIrLinker(
         }
 
         class SimpleDeserializationState: DeserializationState<UniqId>() {
-            private val reachableTopLevels = mutableSetOf<UniqId>()
+            private val reachableTopLevels = LinkedHashSet<UniqId>()
 
             override fun addUniqID(key: UniqId) {
                 reachableTopLevels.add(key)
@@ -140,8 +140,11 @@ abstract class KotlinIrLinker(
         // This is a heavy initializer
         val module = deserializeIrModuleHeader()
 
-        inner class IrDeserializerForFile(private var annotations: List<ProtoConstructorCall>?, private var forcedDeclarations: List<UniqId>?, private val fileIndex: Int, onlyHeaders: Boolean) :
-            IrFileDeserializer(logger, builtIns, symbolTable) {
+        inner class IrDeserializerForFile(
+            private var annotations: List<ProtoConstructorCall>?,
+            private val fileIndex: Int,
+            onlyHeaders: Boolean
+        ) : IrFileDeserializer(logger, builtIns, symbolTable) {
 
             private var fileLoops = mutableMapOf<Int, IrLoopBase>()
 
@@ -385,10 +388,6 @@ abstract class KotlinIrLinker(
                     file.annotations.addAll(deserializeAnnotations(it))
                     annotations = null
                 }
-                forcedDeclarations?.let {
-                    it.forEach { fileLocalDeserializationState.addUniqID(it) }
-                    forcedDeclarations = null
-                }
             }
 
             fun deserializeAllFileReachableTopLevel() {
@@ -405,10 +404,14 @@ abstract class KotlinIrLinker(
 
             val fileEntry = NaiveSourceBasedFileEntryImpl(fileName, fileProto.fileEntry.lineStartOffsetsList.toIntArray())
 
-            val explicitlyExported = mutableListOf<UniqId>()
-
             val fileDeserializer =
-                IrDeserializerForFile(fileProto.annotationList, explicitlyExported, fileIndex, !deserializationStrategy.needBodies)
+                IrDeserializerForFile(fileProto.annotationList, fileIndex, !deserializationStrategy.needBodies).apply {
+                    // Explicitly exported declarations (e.g. top-level initializers) must be deserialized before all other declarations.
+                    // Thus we schedule their deserialization in deserializer's constructor.
+                    fileProto.explicitlyExportedToCompilerList.forEach {
+                        fileLocalDeserializationState.addUniqID(UniqId(loadSymbolData(it).topLevelUniqIdIndex))
+                    }
+                }
 
             val fqName = fileDeserializer.deserializeFqName(fileProto.fqNameList)
 
@@ -426,10 +429,6 @@ abstract class KotlinIrLinker(
                 moduleReversedFileIndex.getOrPut(it) { fileDeserializer }
             }
 
-            fileProto.explicitlyExportedToCompilerList.mapTo(explicitlyExported) {
-                UniqId(fileDeserializer.loadSymbolData(it).topLevelUniqIdIndex)
-            }
-
             if (deserializationStrategy.theWholeWorld) {
                 for (id in fileUniqIdIndex) {
                     assert(id.isPublic)