diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/inline/KotlinInlineValHandler.kt b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/inline/KotlinInlineValHandler.kt
index 70a1dd8bbda..644adbd558a 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/inline/KotlinInlineValHandler.kt
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/refactoring/inline/KotlinInlineValHandler.kt
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ class KotlinInlineValHandler : InlineActionHandler() {
         val declaration = element as KtProperty
         val file = declaration.containingKtFile
         val name = declaration.name ?: return
+        if (file.isCompiled) {
+            return showErrorHint(project, editor, "Cannot inline '$name' from a decompiled file")
+        }
 
         val references = ReferencesSearch.search(declaration)
         val referenceExpressions = mutableListOf<KtExpression>()
diff --git a/idea/testData/refactoring/inline/inlineVariableOrProperty/property/Library.kt b/idea/testData/refactoring/inline/inlineVariableOrProperty/property/Library.kt
index 5305a705050..c915300b859 100644
--- a/idea/testData/refactoring/inline/inlineVariableOrProperty/property/Library.kt
+++ b/idea/testData/refactoring/inline/inlineVariableOrProperty/property/Library.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// ERROR: Cannot perform refactoring.\nVariable length has no initializer
+// ERROR: Cannot inline 'length' from a decompiled file
 
 fun foo(s: String) {
     val l = s.<caret>length