diff --git a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
index f961a4f948b..166005e82a8 100644
--- a/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
+++ b/kotlin-native/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/IrToBitcode.kt
@@ -811,6 +811,10 @@ internal class CodeGeneratorVisitor(val context: Context, val lifetimes: Map<IrE
             context.llvm.initializersGenerationState.moduleThreadLocalInitializers.add(declaration)
         }
 
+        if (declaration.hasAnnotation(RuntimeNames.symbolNameAnnotation) && context.memoryModel == MemoryModel.EXPERIMENTAL) {
+            context.reportCompilationError("@SymbolName annotation on function ${declaration.kotlinFqName} can't be used with experimental memory model.")
+        }
+
         if ((declaration as? IrSimpleFunction)?.modality == Modality.ABSTRACT
                 || declaration.isExternal
                 || body == null)