diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/StackValue.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/StackValue.java
index 338b5cf841f..5b40e9823aa 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/StackValue.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/StackValue.java
@@ -1195,7 +1195,7 @@ public abstract class StackValue {
 
     public abstract static class StackValueWithSimpleReceiver extends StackValue {
 
-        protected final boolean isStatic;
+        public final boolean isStatic;
 
         public StackValueWithSimpleReceiver(@NotNull Type type, boolean isStatic) {
             super(type);
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/context/CodegenContext.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/context/CodegenContext.java
index f041831d35f..54536b2d5b6 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/context/CodegenContext.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/context/CodegenContext.java
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ public abstract class CodegenContext<T extends DeclarationDescriptor> {
                         break;
                     }
                     else {
-                        return result == null ? innerValue : StackValue.composed(result, innerValue);
+                        return result == null ? innerValue : composedOrStatic(result, innerValue);
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ public abstract class CodegenContext<T extends DeclarationDescriptor> {
             resultValue = parentContext != null ? parentContext.lookupInContext(d, result, state, ignoreNoOuter) : null;
         }
 
-        if (myOuter != null && resultValue != null) {
+        if (myOuter != null && resultValue != null && !isStaticField(resultValue)) {
             closure.setCaptureThis();
         }
         return resultValue;
@@ -464,4 +464,16 @@ public abstract class CodegenContext<T extends DeclarationDescriptor> {
     public CodegenContext findChildContext(@NotNull DeclarationDescriptor child) {
         return childContexts == null ? null : childContexts.get(child);
     }
+
+    @NotNull
+    private static StackValue composedOrStatic(@NotNull StackValue prefix, @NotNull StackValue suffix) {
+        if (isStaticField(suffix)) {
+            return suffix;
+        }
+        return StackValue.composed(prefix, suffix);
+    }
+
+    private static boolean isStaticField(@NotNull StackValue value) {
+        return value instanceof StackValue.Field && ((StackValue.Field) value).isStatic;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/context/LocalLookup.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/context/LocalLookup.java
index e6d3d74ce09..65e9ec3920e 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/context/LocalLookup.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/context/LocalLookup.java
@@ -17,16 +17,18 @@
 package org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.context;
 
 import org.jetbrains.asm4.Type;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.CodegenUtil;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.ExpressionCodegen;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.StackValue;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.binding.MutableClosure;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.state.GenerationState;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.descriptors.*;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.BindingContext;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.resolve.java.JvmAbi;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.types.JetType;
 
 import static org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.AsmUtil.CAPTURED_RECEIVER_FIELD;
-import static org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.binding.CodegenBinding.asmTypeForAnonymousClass;
-import static org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.binding.CodegenBinding.isLocalNamedFun;
+import static org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.binding.CodegenBinding.*;
 
 public interface LocalLookup {
     boolean lookupLocal(DeclarationDescriptor descriptor);
@@ -86,7 +88,15 @@ public interface LocalLookup {
                 boolean idx = localLookup != null && localLookup.lookupLocal(vd);
                 if (!idx) return null;
 
-                Type localType = asmTypeForAnonymousClass(state.getBindingContext(), vd);
+                BindingContext bindingContext = state.getBindingContext();
+                Type localType = asmTypeForAnonymousClass(bindingContext, vd);
+
+                MutableClosure localFunClosure = bindingContext.get(CLOSURE, bindingContext.get(CLASS_FOR_FUNCTION, vd));
+                if (localFunClosure != null && CodegenUtil.isConst(localFunClosure)) {
+                    // This is an optimization: we can obtain an instance of a const closure simply by GETSTATIC ...$instance
+                    // (instead of passing this instance to the constructor and storing as a field)
+                    return StackValue.field(localType, localType, JvmAbi.INSTANCE_FIELD, true);
+                }
 
                 String fieldName = "$" + vd.getName();
                 StackValue innerValue = StackValue.field(localType, classType, fieldName, false);
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/constClosureOptimization.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/constClosureOptimization.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..424884ab803
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/constClosureOptimization.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+fun test() {
+
+    fun local(){
+        {
+            //static instance access
+            local()
+        }()
+    }
+
+    //static instance access
+    {
+        //static instance access
+        local()
+    }()
+
+    //static instance access
+    (::local)()
+}
+
+// 3 GETSTATIC _DefaultPackage\$test\$1\.instance\$
+// 1 GETSTATIC _DefaultPackage\$test\$2\.instance\$
+// 1 GETSTATIC _DefaultPackage\$test\$3\.instance\$
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
index 5233dccb39d..224ee62fbb7 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ public class BytecodeTextTestGenerated extends AbstractBytecodeTextTest {
         doTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/componentEvaluatesOnlyOnce.kt");
     }
     
+    @TestMetadata("constClosureOptimization.kt")
+    public void testConstClosureOptimization() throws Exception {
+        doTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/constClosureOptimization.kt");
+    }
+    
     @TestMetadata("intConstantNotNull.kt")
     public void testIntConstantNotNull() throws Exception {
         doTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/intConstantNotNull.kt");