diff --git a/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/testData/resolve/extendedCheckers/RedundantVisibilityModifierChecker.fir.txt b/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/testData/resolve/extendedCheckers/RedundantVisibilityModifierChecker.fir.txt
index daed56be777..2742e68027d 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/testData/resolve/extendedCheckers/RedundantVisibilityModifierChecker.fir.txt
+++ b/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/testData/resolve/extendedCheckers/RedundantVisibilityModifierChecker.fir.txt
@@ -171,3 +171,12 @@ FILE: RedundantVisibilityModifierChecker.kt
             }
 
     }
+    private final class Foo : R|kotlin/Any| {
+        public constructor(): R|Foo| {
+            super<R|kotlin/Any|>()
+        }
+
+        internal final fun barBarian(): R|kotlin/Unit| {
+        }
+
+    }
diff --git a/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/testData/resolve/extendedCheckers/RedundantVisibilityModifierChecker.kt b/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/testData/resolve/extendedCheckers/RedundantVisibilityModifierChecker.kt
index e385a637065..25aae578b4c 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/testData/resolve/extendedCheckers/RedundantVisibilityModifierChecker.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/testData/resolve/extendedCheckers/RedundantVisibilityModifierChecker.kt
@@ -84,3 +84,7 @@ open class J {
         get() = 3.1415926535
         set(value) {}
 }
+
+private class Foo {
+    <!REDUNDANT_VISIBILITY_MODIFIER!>internal<!> fun barBarian() {}
+}
diff --git a/compiler/fir/checkers/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/checkers/extended/RedundantVisibilityModifierSyntaxChecker.kt b/compiler/fir/checkers/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/checkers/extended/RedundantVisibilityModifierSyntaxChecker.kt
index 0c60122694f..db4bf29fa9f 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/checkers/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/checkers/extended/RedundantVisibilityModifierSyntaxChecker.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/checkers/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/analysis/checkers/extended/RedundantVisibilityModifierSyntaxChecker.kt
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.analysis.checkers.syntax.FirDeclarationSyntaxChe
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.analysis.checkers.toVisibilityOrNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.analysis.diagnostics.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.declarations.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.declarations.utils.isEnumClass
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.declarations.utils.isOverride
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.declarations.utils.isSealed
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.declarations.utils.visibility
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.declarations.utils.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.symbols.impl.FirRegularClassSymbol
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.KtModifierKeywordToken
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtDeclaration
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ object RedundantVisibilityModifierSyntaxChecker : FirDeclarationSyntaxChecker<Fi
 
         val redundantVisibility = when {
             explicitVisibility == implicitVisibility -> implicitVisibility
-            explicitVisibility == Visibilities.Internal && containingMemberDeclaration?.isLocalMember == true -> Visibilities.Internal
+            explicitVisibility.isEffectivelyHiddenBy(containingMemberDeclaration) -> explicitVisibility
             else -> return
         }
 
@@ -66,6 +63,17 @@ object RedundantVisibilityModifierSyntaxChecker : FirDeclarationSyntaxChecker<Fi
         reporter.reportOn(source, FirErrors.REDUNDANT_VISIBILITY_MODIFIER, context)
     }
 
+    private fun Visibility?.isEffectivelyHiddenBy(declaration: FirMemberDeclaration?): Boolean {
+        val containerVisibility = declaration?.effectiveVisibility?.toVisibility() ?: return false
+
+        if (containerVisibility == Visibilities.Local && this == Visibilities.Internal) {
+            return true
+        }
+
+        val difference = this?.compareTo(containerVisibility) ?: return false
+        return difference > 0
+    }
+
     private fun FirDeclaration.implicitVisibility(context: CheckerContext): Visibility {
         return when {
             this is FirPropertyAccessor && isSetter && status.isOverride -> this.visibility