diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/intrinsics/CompareTo.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/intrinsics/CompareTo.kt
index 1d3cf1dfa09..0401cd8b4f2 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/intrinsics/CompareTo.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/intrinsics/CompareTo.kt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class CompareTo : IntrinsicMethod() {
     private fun genInvoke(type: Type?, v: InstructionAdapter) {
         when (type) {
             Type.INT_TYPE, Type.CHAR_TYPE -> v.invokestatic(IntrinsicMethods.INTRINSICS_CLASS_NAME, "compare", "(II)I", false)
-            Type.LONG_TYPE -> v.invokestatic(IntrinsicMethods.INTRINSICS_CLASS_NAME, "compare", "(JJ)I", false)
+            Type.LONG_TYPE -> v.lcmp()
             Type.FLOAT_TYPE -> v.invokestatic("java/lang/Float", "compare", "(FF)I", false)
             Type.DOUBLE_TYPE -> v.invokestatic("java/lang/Double", "compare", "(DD)I", false)
             else -> throw UnsupportedOperationException()
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/intrinsicsCompare/longSmartCast.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/intrinsicsCompare/longSmartCast.kt
index 98020eb0871..02fd0b3ea8f 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/intrinsicsCompare/longSmartCast.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/intrinsicsCompare/longSmartCast.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ fun less4(a: Long?, b: Long?) = if (a is Long && b is Long) a < b else true
 fun less5(a: Any?, b: Any?) = if (a is Long && b is Long) a < b else true
 
 // 3 Intrinsics\.areEqual
-// 3 Intrinsics\.compare
+// 0 Intrinsics\.compare
+// 3 LCMP
 // for compare:
 // 3 IFGE
 // 0 IF_ICMPGE