diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java
index 6e89df155d7..9c434516606 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java
@@ -546,16 +546,8 @@ public class AsmUtil {
             return NO_FLAG_PACKAGE_PRIVATE;
         }
 
-        // the following code is only for PRIVATE visibility of member
-        if (memberDescriptor instanceof ConstructorDescriptor) {
-            if (isEnumEntry(containingDeclaration)) {
-                return NO_FLAG_PACKAGE_PRIVATE;
-            }
-            if (isEnumClass(containingDeclaration)) {
-                //TODO: should be ACC_PRIVATE
-                // see http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-2680
-                return ACC_PROTECTED;
-            }
+        if (memberDescriptor instanceof ConstructorDescriptor && isEnumEntry(containingDeclaration)) {
+            return NO_FLAG_PACKAGE_PRIVATE;
         }
 
         return null;
diff --git a/compiler/testData/asJava/lightClasses/DeprecatedEnumEntry.java b/compiler/testData/asJava/lightClasses/DeprecatedEnumEntry.java
index 59b6ae766ff..aeaedcd3053 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/asJava/lightClasses/DeprecatedEnumEntry.java
+++ b/compiler/testData/asJava/lightClasses/DeprecatedEnumEntry.java
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ public enum E {
     @kotlin.Deprecated(message = "b")
     Entry3;
 
-    protected E() { /* compiled code */ }
+    private E() { /* compiled code */ }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/inlineClasses/inlineClassTypeParametersInConstructor.txt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/inlineClasses/inlineClassTypeParametersInConstructor.txt
index 2518eb1d976..bdf99817fb4 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/inlineClasses/inlineClassTypeParametersInConstructor.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/inlineClasses/inlineClassTypeParametersInConstructor.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public final enum class TestEnum {
     public final static field ANSWER: TestEnum
     private final field z: int
     static method <clinit>(): void
-    protected method <init>(p0: java.lang.String, p1: int, p2: int): void
+    private method <init>(p0: java.lang.String, p1: int, p2: int): void
     public final method getZ(): int
     public static method valueOf(p0: java.lang.String): TestEnum
     public static method values(): TestEnum[]
diff --git a/compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/enum.kt b/compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/enum.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..235310cd3dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/enum.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+enum class Foo {
+    A, B, C
+}
+
+// TESTED_OBJECT_KIND: function
+// TESTED_OBJECTS: Foo, <init>
+// FLAGS: ACC_PRIVATE
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/WriteFlagsTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/WriteFlagsTestGenerated.java
index 8357ccf39a6..84f289e32ac 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/WriteFlagsTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/WriteFlagsTestGenerated.java
@@ -444,6 +444,11 @@ public class WriteFlagsTestGenerated extends AbstractWriteFlagsTest {
                 runTest("compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/classObject.kt");
             }
 
+            @TestMetadata("enum.kt")
+            public void testEnum() throws Exception {
+                runTest("compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/enum.kt");
+            }
+
             @TestMetadata("objectInClass.kt")
             public void testObjectInClass() throws Exception {
                 runTest("compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/objectInClass.kt");