diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/RedundantNopsCleanupMethodTransformer.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/RedundantNopsCleanupMethodTransformer.kt
index 07d3475c7b8..fb564b5425a 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/RedundantNopsCleanupMethodTransformer.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/RedundantNopsCleanupMethodTransformer.kt
@@ -103,16 +103,16 @@ class RedundantNopsCleanupMethodTransformer : MethodTransformer() {
 
 
 internal fun getRequiredNopInRange(firstInclusive: AbstractInsnNode, lastExclusive: AbstractInsnNode?): AbstractInsnNode? {
-    var lastNop: AbstractInsnNode? = null
+    var firstNop: AbstractInsnNode? = null
     var current: AbstractInsnNode? = firstInclusive
     while (current != null && current != lastExclusive) {
         if (current.isMeaningful && current.opcode != Opcodes.NOP) {
             return null
-        } else if (current.opcode == Opcodes.NOP) {
-            lastNop = current
+        } else if (current.opcode == Opcodes.NOP && firstNop == null) {
+            firstNop = current
         }
         current = current.next
     }
 
-    return lastNop
+    return firstNop
 }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/inline/linenumberForOneParametersArgumentCall.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/inline/linenumberForOneParametersArgumentCall.kt
index e1ff9ff84ac..be576371b26 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/inline/linenumberForOneParametersArgumentCall.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/inline/linenumberForOneParametersArgumentCall.kt
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ inline fun lookAtMe(f: (String) -> Unit) {
     f(a) // Should be no unneeded nops on this line, that might be generated for zero-parameters lambda
 }
 
-// 3 NOP
\ No newline at end of file
+// 2 NOP
\ No newline at end of file