diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt
index cb4fee58df6..090295911cf 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AbstractCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen
 
 import com.google.common.io.Files
-import com.intellij.openapi.util.io.FileUtil
 import com.intellij.openapi.util.text.StringUtil
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil
 import junit.framework.TestCase
@@ -35,15 +34,12 @@ import java.util.regex.Pattern
  */
 
 abstract class AbstractCheckLocalVariablesTableTest : CodegenTestCase() {
-    protected lateinit var ktFile: File
 
     @Throws(Exception::class)
     override fun doMultiFileTest(wholeFile: File, files: List<CodegenTestCase.TestFile>, javaFilesDir: File?) {
-        ktFile = wholeFile
-        val text = FileUtil.loadFile(ktFile, true)
         compile(files, javaFilesDir)
 
-        val classAndMethod = parseClassAndMethodSignature()
+        val classAndMethod = parseClassAndMethodSignature(wholeFile)
         val split = classAndMethod.split("\\.".toRegex()).dropLastWhile { it.isEmpty() }.toTypedArray()
         assert(split.size == 2) { "Exactly one dot is expected: $classAndMethod" }
         val classFileRegex = StringUtil.escapeToRegexp(split[0] + ".class").replace("\\*", ".+")
@@ -55,15 +51,18 @@ abstract class AbstractCheckLocalVariablesTableTest : CodegenTestCase() {
         val pathsString = outputFiles.joinToString { it.relativePath }
         assertNotNull("Couldn't find class file for pattern $classFileRegex in: $pathsString", outputFile)
 
-        val cr = ClassReader(outputFile!!.asByteArray())
-        val actualLocalVariables = readLocalVariable(cr, methodName)
+        val actualLocalVariables = readLocalVariable(ClassReader(outputFile!!.asByteArray()), methodName)
 
-        doCompare(text, actualLocalVariables)
+        doCompare(wholeFile, files.single().content, actualLocalVariables)
     }
 
-    protected open fun doCompare(text: String, actualLocalVariables: List<LocalVariable>) {
+    protected open fun doCompare(
+        testFile: File,
+        text: String,
+        actualLocalVariables: List<LocalVariable>
+    ) {
         KotlinTestUtils.assertEqualsToFile(
-            ktFile,
+            testFile,
             text.substring(0, text.indexOf("// VARIABLE : ")) + getActualVariablesAsString(
                 actualLocalVariables
             )
@@ -82,8 +81,8 @@ abstract class AbstractCheckLocalVariablesTableTest : CodegenTestCase() {
     }
 
     @Throws(IOException::class)
-    private fun parseClassAndMethodSignature(): String {
-        val lines = Files.readLines(ktFile, Charset.forName("utf-8"))
+    private fun parseClassAndMethodSignature(testFile: File): String {
+        val lines = Files.readLines(testFile, Charset.forName("utf-8"))
         for (line in lines) {
             val methodMatcher = methodPattern.matcher(line)
             if (methodMatcher.matches()) {
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt
index fb991a98eb8..67f969dbcaa 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt
+++ b/compiler/tests-common/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest.kt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.test.ConfigurationKind
 import org.junit.ComparisonFailure
+import java.io.File
 import java.nio.charset.Charset
 
 abstract class AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest : AbstractCheckLocalVariablesTableTest() {
@@ -23,9 +24,13 @@ abstract class AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest : AbstractCheckLocalVariab
         return ConfigurationKind.ALL;
     }
 
-    override fun doCompare(text: String, actualLocalVariables: List<LocalVariable>) {
+    override fun doCompare(
+        testFile: File,
+        text: String,
+        actualLocalVariables: List<LocalVariable>
+    ) {
         val actual = getActualVariablesAsList(actualLocalVariables)
-        val expected = getExpectedVariablesAsList()
+        val expected = getExpectedVariablesAsList(testFile)
         if (!Comparing.equal(expected, actual)) {
             throw ComparisonFailure(
                 "Variables differ from expected",
@@ -41,8 +46,8 @@ abstract class AbstractIrCheckLocalVariablesTableTest : AbstractCheckLocalVariab
             .sorted()
     }
 
-    private fun getExpectedVariablesAsList(): List<String> {
-        return ktFile.readLines(Charset.forName("utf-8"))
+    private fun getExpectedVariablesAsList(testFile: File): List<String> {
+        return testFile.readLines(Charset.forName("utf-8"))
             .filter { line -> line.startsWith("// VARIABLE ") }
             .filter { !it.contains("NAME=\$i\$") }
             .map { line -> line.replaceFirst("INDEX=\\d+".toRegex(), "INDEX=*") } // Ignore index