diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/CollectionStubMethodLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/CollectionStubMethodLowering.kt
index 34fb828fa4b..cdb9f49e073 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/CollectionStubMethodLowering.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/CollectionStubMethodLowering.kt
@@ -172,17 +172,10 @@ private class CollectionStubMethodLowering(val context: JvmBackendContext) : Cla
 
     // Compute stubs that should be generated, compare based on signature
     private fun generateRelevantStubMethods(irClass: IrClass): Set<IrSimpleFunction> {
-        val ourStubsForCollectionClasses = preComputedStubs.filter { (readOnlyClass, mutableClass) ->
-            irClass.superTypes.any { supertypeSymbol ->
-                val supertype = supertypeSymbol.classOrNull?.owner
-                // We need to generate stub methods for following 2 cases:
-                // current class's direct super type is a java class or kotlin interface, and is an subtype of an immutable collection
-                supertype != null
-                        && (supertype.comesFromJava() || supertype.isInterface)
-                        && supertypeSymbol.isSubtypeOfClass(readOnlyClass)
-                        && !irClass.symbol.isSubtypeOfClass(mutableClass)
-            }
-        }
+        val ourStubsForCollectionClasses = stubsForCollectionClasses(irClass)
+        val superStubClasses = irClass.superClass?.superClassChain?.map { superClass ->
+            stubsForCollectionClasses(superClass).map { it.readOnlyClass }
+        }?.fold(emptySet<IrClassSymbol>(), { a, b -> a union b }) ?: emptySet()
 
         // do a second filtering to ensure only most relevant classes are included.
         val redundantClasses = ourStubsForCollectionClasses.filter { (readOnlyClass) ->
@@ -191,7 +184,7 @@ private class CollectionStubMethodLowering(val context: JvmBackendContext) : Cla
 
         // perform type substitution and type erasure here
         return ourStubsForCollectionClasses.filter { (readOnlyClass) ->
-            readOnlyClass !in redundantClasses
+            readOnlyClass !in redundantClasses && readOnlyClass !in superStubClasses
         }.flatMap { (readOnlyClass, mutableClass, mutableOnlyMethods) ->
             val substitutionMap = computeSubstitutionMap(readOnlyClass.owner, mutableClass.owner, irClass)
             mutableOnlyMethods.map { function ->
@@ -211,4 +204,28 @@ private class CollectionStubMethodLowering(val context: JvmBackendContext) : Cla
             types.all { other -> type.isSubtypeOfClass(other.classOrNull!!) }
         }
     }
+
+    private val stubsCache = mutableMapOf<IrClass, Collection<StubsForCollectionClass>>()
+
+    private fun stubsForCollectionClasses(irClass: IrClass): Collection<StubsForCollectionClass> =
+        stubsCache.getOrPut(irClass) {
+            if (irClass.comesFromJava()) emptySet()
+            else preComputedStubs.filter { (readOnlyClass, mutableClass) ->
+                irClass.superTypes.any { supertypeSymbol ->
+                    val supertype = supertypeSymbol.classOrNull?.owner
+                    // We need to generate stub methods for following 2 cases:
+                    // current class's direct super type is a java class or kotlin interface, and is an subtype of an immutable collection
+                    supertype != null
+                            && (supertype.comesFromJava() || supertype.isInterface)
+                            && supertypeSymbol.isSubtypeOfClass(readOnlyClass)
+                            && !irClass.symbol.isSubtypeOfClass(mutableClass)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+    private val IrClass.superClass: IrClass?
+        get() = superTypes.mapNotNull { (it as? IrSimpleType)?.classifier?.owner as? IrClass }.singleOrNull { !it.isInterface }
+
+    private val IrClass.superClassChain: Sequence<IrClass>
+        get() = generateSequence(this) { it.superClass }
 }
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diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/collectionStubs.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/collectionStubs.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66d8f8bf910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/collectionStubs.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+open class BaseEmptyList<T> : List<T> {
+    override val size: Int = 0
+    override fun contains(element: T): Boolean = false
+    override fun containsAll(elements: Collection<T>): Boolean = false
+    override fun get(index: Int): T = error("Do not call")
+    override fun indexOf(element: T): Int = -1
+    override fun isEmpty(): Boolean = true
+    override fun iterator(): Iterator<T> = emptyIterator()
+    override fun lastIndexOf(element: T): Int = -1
+    override fun listIterator(): ListIterator<T> = emptyIterator()
+    override fun listIterator(index: Int): ListIterator<T> = emptyIterator()
+    override fun subList(fromIndex: Int, toIndex: Int): List<T> = this
+
+    private fun emptyIterator() = object : ListIterator<T> {
+        override fun hasNext(): Boolean = false
+        override fun next(): T = error("Do not call")
+        override fun hasPrevious(): Boolean = false
+        override fun nextIndex(): Int = 0
+        override fun previous(): T = error("Do not call")
+        override fun previousIndex(): Int = 0
+    }
+}
+
+class DerivedEmptyList : BaseEmptyList<String>(), List<String>
+
+// add() stub should be generated for BaseEmptyList, but not for DerivedEmptyList
+// 1   public add\(ILjava/lang/Object;\)V
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
index 5883a621fec..d4a88a8b4ed 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ public class BytecodeTextTestGenerated extends AbstractBytecodeTextTest {
         runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/charConstant.kt");
     }
 
+    @TestMetadata("collectionStubs.kt")
+    public void testCollectionStubs() throws Exception {
+        runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/collectionStubs.kt");
+    }
+
     @TestMetadata("componentEvaluatesOnlyOnce.kt")
     public void testComponentEvaluatesOnlyOnce() throws Exception {
         runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/componentEvaluatesOnlyOnce.kt");
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeTextTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
index eb2ae03ca57..ac5786a7efb 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ public class IrBytecodeTextTestGenerated extends AbstractIrBytecodeTextTest {
         runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/charConstant.kt");
     }
 
+    @TestMetadata("collectionStubs.kt")
+    public void testCollectionStubs() throws Exception {
+        runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/collectionStubs.kt");
+    }
+
     @TestMetadata("componentEvaluatesOnlyOnce.kt")
     public void testComponentEvaluatesOnlyOnce() throws Exception {
         runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/componentEvaluatesOnlyOnce.kt");