diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/generators/CallAndReferenceGenerator.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/generators/CallAndReferenceGenerator.kt
index 9659c29254e..9c399084127 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/generators/CallAndReferenceGenerator.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/generators/CallAndReferenceGenerator.kt
@@ -316,7 +316,14 @@ class CallAndReferenceGenerator(
             val calleeReference = variableAssignment.calleeReference
             val symbol =
                 calleeReference.toSymbolForCall(session, classifierStorage, declarationStorage, conversionScope, preferGetter = false)
-            val origin = IrStatementOrigin.EQ
+            val origin = if (variableAssignment.source?.kind is FirFakeSourceElementKind.DesugaredIncrementOrDecrement) {
+                if ((variableAssignment.rValue as? FirFunctionCall)?.calleeReference?.name?.asString() == "inc")
+                    IrStatementOrigin.PREFIX_INCR
+                else
+                    IrStatementOrigin.PREFIX_DECR
+            } else {
+                IrStatementOrigin.EQ
+            }
             return variableAssignment.convertWithOffsets { startOffset, endOffset ->
                 val assignedValue = visitor.convertToIrExpression(variableAssignment.rValue)
                 when (symbol) {
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/prefixIntVarIncrement.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/prefixIntVarIncrement.kt
index ff725ab0e19..13e5070405f 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/prefixIntVarIncrement.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/prefixIntVarIncrement.kt
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// IGNORE_BACKEND_FIR: JVM_IR
 fun main(args: Array<String>) {
     var i = 10
     ++i