diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-base/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/modules/JavaModuleGraph.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-base/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/modules/JavaModuleGraph.kt
index 13f96347516..d57baf54909 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-base/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/modules/JavaModuleGraph.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-base/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/jvm/modules/JavaModuleGraph.kt
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class JavaModuleGraph(finder: JavaModuleFinder) {
                 is JavaModule.Explicit -> {
                     for ((dependencyModuleName, isTransitive) in module.moduleInfo.requires) {
                         if (dependencyModuleName == dependencyName) return true
-                        if (isTransitive && dfs(dependencyName)) return true
+                        if (isTransitive && dfs(dependencyModuleName)) return true
                     }
                     return false
                 }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleA/a/A.java b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleA/a/A.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..72df5d92e93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleA/a/A.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package a;
+
+public class A {
+    public String ok() { return "OK"; }
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleA/module-info.java b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleA/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e8f5b048e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleA/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module moduleA {
+    exports a;
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleB/b/B.java b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleB/b/B.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8831b25a0ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleB/b/B.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package b;
+
+import a.A;
+
+public class B extends A {}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleB/module-info.java b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleB/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb7f1c9aac8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleB/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module moduleB {
+    requires transitive moduleA;
+    exports b;
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleC/module-info.java b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleC/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9ebb8a63c79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleC/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module moduleC {
+    requires transitive moduleB;
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD.txt b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d86bac9de59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+OK
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD/d/JavaMain.java b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD/d/JavaMain.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f3e1d04d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD/d/JavaMain.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package d;
+
+import b.B;
+
+public class JavaMain {
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        System.out.println(new B().ok());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD/d/KotlinMain.kt b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD/d/KotlinMain.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4fbd10066c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD/d/KotlinMain.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package d
+
+import b.B
+
+fun main() {
+    println(B().ok())
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD/module-info.java b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35d31243b68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/javaModules/inheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency/moduleD/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+module moduleD {
+    requires kotlin.stdlib;
+    requires moduleC;
+}
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/modules/AbstractJavaModulesIntegrationTest.kt b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/modules/AbstractJavaModulesIntegrationTest.kt
index bc95f93155b..ab3e1c8700a 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/modules/AbstractJavaModulesIntegrationTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/jvm/modules/AbstractJavaModulesIntegrationTest.kt
@@ -210,6 +210,32 @@ abstract class AbstractJavaModulesIntegrationTest(
         module("moduleD", listOf(c, b, a))
     }
 
+    fun testInheritedDeclarationFromTwiceTransitiveDependency() {
+        // module A <-t- module B <-t- module C <--- module D
+
+        // Java: class A { String ok() { /* ... */ } }
+        val a = module("moduleA")
+
+        // Java: class B extends A
+        val b = module("moduleB", listOf(a))
+
+        val c = module("moduleC", listOf(a, b))
+
+        // Java: new B().ok()
+        // Kotlin: B().ok()
+        val d = module("moduleD", listOf(a, b, c))
+
+        // validate the run-time behavior of Java-compiled code for the sake of comparison
+        val (javaStdout, javaStderr) = runModule("moduleD/d.JavaMain", listOf(d, c, b, a))
+        assertEquals("", javaStderr)
+        assertEquals("OK", javaStdout)
+
+        // test the run-time behavior of Kotlin-compiled code
+        val (kotlinStdout, kotlinStderr) = runModule("moduleD/d.KotlinMainKt", listOf(d, c, b, a))
+        assertEquals("", kotlinStderr)
+        assertEquals("OK", kotlinStdout)
+    }
+
     fun testSpecifyPathToModuleInfoInArguments() {
         val a = module("moduleA")