diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/writeAnnotationUtil.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/writeAnnotationUtil.kt
index d9c485cfd9c..abacc3a6df7 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/writeAnnotationUtil.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/writeAnnotationUtil.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.KotlinCompilerVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmAnnotationNames
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.java.JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.DeserializedDescriptorResolver
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.JvmMetadataVersion
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.load.kotlin.header.KotlinClassHeader
 import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.AnnotationVisitor
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ fun writeKotlinMetadata(cb: ClassBuilder, kind: KotlinClassHeader.Kind, extraFla
     av.visit(JvmAnnotationNames.METADATA_VERSION_FIELD_NAME, JvmMetadataVersion.INSTANCE.toArray())
     av.visit(JvmAnnotationNames.BYTECODE_VERSION_FIELD_NAME, JvmBytecodeBinaryVersion.INSTANCE.toArray())
     av.visit(JvmAnnotationNames.KIND_FIELD_NAME, kind.id)
-    val flags = extraFlags or (if (KotlinCompilerVersion.IS_PRE_RELEASE) JvmAnnotationNames.METADATA_PRE_RELEASE_FLAG else 0)
+    val flags = extraFlags or (if (DeserializedDescriptorResolver.IS_PRE_RELEASE) JvmAnnotationNames.METADATA_PRE_RELEASE_FLAG else 0)
     if (flags != 0) {
         av.visit(JvmAnnotationNames.METADATA_EXTRA_INT_FIELD_NAME, flags)
     }