diff --git a/compiler/fir/checkers/checkers.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/jvm/checkers/expression/FirJavaGenericVarianceViolationTypeChecker.kt b/compiler/fir/checkers/checkers.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/jvm/checkers/expression/FirJavaGenericVarianceViolationTypeChecker.kt
index 844e7aa3811..9ad18d0b8a2 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/checkers/checkers.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/jvm/checkers/expression/FirJavaGenericVarianceViolationTypeChecker.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/checkers/checkers.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/jvm/checkers/expression/FirJavaGenericVarianceViolationTypeChecker.kt
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ object FirJavaGenericVarianceViolationTypeChecker : FirFunctionCallChecker() {
         return when (this) {
             is ConeKotlinTypeProjectionOut -> if (isCovariant) type else this
             is ConeKotlinTypeProjectionIn -> ConeKotlinTypeProjectionIn(type.removeOutProjection(!isCovariant))
-            is ConeStarProjection -> if (isCovariant) StandardTypes.Any else this
+            is ConeStarProjection -> if (isCovariant) StandardTypes.NullableAny else this
             // Don't remove nested projections for types at invariant position.
             is ConeKotlinTypeConflictingProjection,
             is ConeKotlinType -> this
diff --git a/compiler/fir/tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Primitives.kt b/compiler/fir/tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Primitives.kt
index 4998afa2282..5750b6dadcc 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Primitives.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Primitives.kt
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ object StandardTypes {
     val Double: ConeClassLikeType = StandardClassIds.Double.createType()
 
     val Any: ConeClassLikeType = StandardClassIds.Any.createType()
+    val NullableAny: ConeClassLikeType = StandardClassIds.Any.createType(isNullable = true)
 }
 
-private fun ClassId.createType(): ConeClassLikeType = 
-    ConeClassLikeTypeImpl(ConeClassLikeLookupTagImpl(this), emptyArray(), isNullable = false)
+private fun ClassId.createType(isNullable: Boolean = false): ConeClassLikeType =
+    ConeClassLikeTypeImpl(ConeClassLikeLookupTagImpl(this), emptyArray(), isNullable)
 
 fun ConeClassLikeType.isDouble(): Boolean = lookupTag.classId == StandardClassIds.Double
 fun ConeClassLikeType.isFloat(): Boolean = lookupTag.classId == StandardClassIds.Float