diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/OptimizationMethodVisitor.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/OptimizationMethodVisitor.kt
index b5a30be3eae..0ec974a7c84 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/OptimizationMethodVisitor.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/OptimizationMethodVisitor.kt
@@ -60,9 +60,15 @@ class OptimizationMethodVisitor(
                 RedundantNopsCleanupMethodTransformer()
         )
 
-        private fun canBeOptimized(node: MethodNode): Boolean {
+        fun canBeOptimized(node: MethodNode): Boolean {
             val totalFramesSizeMb = node.instructions.size() * (node.maxLocals + node.maxStack) / (1024 * 1024)
             return totalFramesSizeMb < MEMORY_LIMIT_BY_METHOD_MB
         }
+
+        fun canBeOptimizedUsingSourceInterpreter(node: MethodNode): Boolean {
+            val frameSize = node.maxLocals + node.maxStack
+            val totalFramesSizeMb = node.instructions.size().toLong() * frameSize * frameSize / (1024 * 1024)
+            return totalFramesSizeMb < MEMORY_LIMIT_BY_METHOD_MB
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/boxing/PopBackwardPropagationTransformer.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/boxing/PopBackwardPropagationTransformer.kt
index 6b5af5a2462..5ce708648a9 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/boxing/PopBackwardPropagationTransformer.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/optimization/boxing/PopBackwardPropagationTransformer.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization.boxing
 
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization.OptimizationMethodVisitor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization.common.isLoadOperation
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization.common.isMeaningful
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.optimization.fixStack.top
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ import java.util.*
 
 class PopBackwardPropagationTransformer : MethodTransformer() {
     override fun transform(internalClassName: String, methodNode: MethodNode) {
+        if (!OptimizationMethodVisitor.canBeOptimizedUsingSourceInterpreter(methodNode)) return
         Transformer(methodNode).transform()
     }
 
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ class PopBackwardPropagationTransformer : MethodTransformer() {
         private val frames by lazy { analyzeMethodBody() }
 
         fun transform() {
-            if (!insns.any { it.isPurePush() }) return
+            if (insns.none { it.isPop() || it.isPurePush() }) return
 
             computeTransformations()
             for ((insn, transformation) in transformations.entries) {
@@ -257,6 +259,9 @@ fun AbstractInsnNode.isPurePush() =
         opcode in Opcodes.ACONST_NULL .. Opcodes.LDC + 2 ||
         isUnitInstance()
 
+fun AbstractInsnNode.isPop() =
+        opcode == Opcodes.POP || opcode == Opcodes.POP2
+
 fun AbstractInsnNode.isUnitInstance() =
         opcode == Opcodes.GETSTATIC &&
         this is FieldInsnNode && owner == "kotlin/Unit" && name == "INSTANCE"