diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/ConversionUtils.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/ConversionUtils.kt
index 00c6dfef6fe..ffa79794fae 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/ConversionUtils.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/ConversionUtils.kt
@@ -470,7 +470,8 @@ fun FirClass<*>.irOrigin(firProvider: FirProvider): IrDeclarationOrigin = when {
 }
 
 fun FirClass<*>.getSamIfAny(): FirSimpleFunction? =
-    declarations.filterIsInstance<FirSimpleFunction>().singleOrNull { it.modality == Modality.ABSTRACT }
+    declarations.filterIsInstance<FirSimpleFunction>()
+        .singleOrNull { it.modality == Modality.ABSTRACT && !it.isPublicInObject(checkOnlyName = true) }
 
 val IrType.isSamType: Boolean
     get() {
diff --git a/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/SamResolution.kt b/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/SamResolution.kt
index dc72d286834..64b9fbb481a 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/SamResolution.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/resolve/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/resolve/SamResolution.kt
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ private fun FirRegularClass.hasMoreThenOneAbstractFunctionOrHasAbstractProperty(
 // "methods that are members of I that do not have the same signature as any public instance method of the class Object"
 // It means that if an interface declares `int hashCode()` then the method won't be taken into account when
 // checking if the interface is SAM.
-private fun FirSimpleFunction.isPublicInObject(checkOnlyName: Boolean): Boolean {
+fun FirSimpleFunction.isPublicInObject(checkOnlyName: Boolean): Boolean {
     if (name.asString() !in PUBLIC_METHOD_NAMES_IN_OBJECT) return false
     if (checkOnlyName) return true
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/callableReference/function/sortListOfStrings.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/callableReference/function/sortListOfStrings.kt
index 0c8403b3844..07735f6b661 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/callableReference/function/sortListOfStrings.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/callableReference/function/sortListOfStrings.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// IGNORE_BACKEND_FIR: JVM_IR
 // WITH_RUNTIME
 // KJS_WITH_FULL_RUNTIME
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/sam/constructors/comparator.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/sam/constructors/comparator.kt
index 1794f5c0e8c..b6425b8e53a 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/sam/constructors/comparator.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/sam/constructors/comparator.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// IGNORE_BACKEND_FIR: JVM_IR
 // WITH_RUNTIME
 // KJS_WITH_FULL_RUNTIME
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/sam/constructors/nonLiteralComparator.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/sam/constructors/nonLiteralComparator.kt
index ef095da46c3..4df997f35f9 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/sam/constructors/nonLiteralComparator.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/sam/constructors/nonLiteralComparator.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// IGNORE_BACKEND_FIR: JVM_IR
 // WITH_RUNTIME
 // KJS_WITH_FULL_RUNTIME