diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java
index 04b24c18f0d..74b96d02905 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/BasicExpressionTypingVisitor.java
@@ -591,6 +591,9 @@ public class BasicExpressionTypingVisitor extends ExpressionTypingVisitor {
         TypeConstructor typeConstructor = type.getConstructor();
         ClassifierDescriptor typeDeclarationDescriptor = typeConstructor.getDeclarationDescriptor();
 
+        // no need to report error if unresolved
+        if (typeDeclarationDescriptor == null || ErrorUtils.isError(typeDeclarationDescriptor)) return true;
+
         if (typeDeclarationDescriptor instanceof ClassDescriptor) {
             List<TypeParameterDescriptor> parameters = typeConstructor.getParameters();
             if (parameters.size() != type.getArguments().size()) return false;
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/classLiteral/nonClassesOnLHS.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/classLiteral/nonClassesOnLHS.kt
index 2cf9f7462bd..4d9cc30c43d 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/classLiteral/nonClassesOnLHS.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/classLiteral/nonClassesOnLHS.kt
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ fun foo<T : Any>() {
     val t2 = <!CLASS_LITERAL_LHS_NOT_A_CLASS!>T?::class<!>
 }
 
-val m = <!CLASS_LITERAL_LHS_NOT_A_CLASS!>Map<!WRONG_NUMBER_OF_TYPE_ARGUMENTS!><String><!>::class<!>
+val m = Map<!WRONG_NUMBER_OF_TYPE_ARGUMENTS!><String><!>::class
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