diff --git a/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/FirOldFrontendDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java b/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/FirOldFrontendDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java
index 425de6aa440..930fc1b48ec 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/FirOldFrontendDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/fir/analysis-tests/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/FirOldFrontendDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java
@@ -31000,6 +31000,12 @@ public class FirOldFrontendDiagnosticsTestGenerated extends AbstractFirDiagnosti
             runTest("compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitCastToAny.kt");
         }
 
+        @Test
+        @TestMetadata("implicitNothingInDelegate.kt")
+        public void testImplicitNothingInDelegate() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitNothingInDelegate.kt");
+        }
+
         @Test
         @TestMetadata("InaccessibleInternalClass.kt")
         public void testInaccessibleInternalClass() throws Exception {
diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 7ba52d05a65..f19a4e5d0d5 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -15268,6 +15268,12 @@ public class FirBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractFirBlackBoxCodegenT
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/Fir2IrClassifierStorage.kt");
         }
 
+        @Test
+        @TestMetadata("implicitNothingInDelegate.kt")
+        public void testImplicitNothingInDelegate() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/implicitNothingInDelegate.kt");
+        }
+
         @Test
         @TestMetadata("incorrectBytecodeWithEnhancedNullability.kt")
         public void testIncorrectBytecodeWithEnhancedNullability() throws Exception {
diff --git a/compiler/resolution.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/calls/inference/components/AbstractTypeCheckerContextForConstraintSystem.kt b/compiler/resolution.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/calls/inference/components/AbstractTypeCheckerContextForConstraintSystem.kt
index b6e7697e17c..7f0dab2369f 100644
--- a/compiler/resolution.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/calls/inference/components/AbstractTypeCheckerContextForConstraintSystem.kt
+++ b/compiler/resolution.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/calls/inference/components/AbstractTypeCheckerContextForConstraintSystem.kt
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ abstract class AbstractTypeCheckerContextForConstraintSystem(override val typeSy
         val typeMarker = type.asSimpleType()?.asCapturedType() ?: return null
 
         val projection = typeMarker.typeConstructorProjection()
-        if (projection.isStarProjection()) return null
-
-
         return when (projection.getVariance()) {
             TypeVariance.IN -> if (!out) typeMarker.lowerType() ?: projection.getType() else null
             TypeVariance.OUT -> if (out) projection.getType() else null
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/implicitNothingInDelegate.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/implicitNothingInDelegate.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b9d81797dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/implicitNothingInDelegate.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// TARGET_BACKEND: JVM_IR
+// WITH_RUNTIME
+
+// Note: this test passes in FIR but fails in FE 1.0 + IR
+fun box(): String {
+    val m1: Map<String, Any> = mapOf("foo" to "O")
+    val m2: Map<String, *> = mapOf("baz" to "K")
+    val foo: String by m1
+    val baz: String by m2
+    return foo + baz
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitNothingInDelegate.fir.txt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitNothingInDelegate.fir.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6f27fd99014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitNothingInDelegate.fir.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+FILE: implicitNothingInDelegate.kt
+    @R|kotlin/Suppress|(vararg(String(INVISIBLE_REFERENCE))) public final operator fun <V, V1 : R|V|> R|kotlin/collections/Map<in kotlin/String, @Exact V>|.getValue(thisRef: R|kotlin/Any?|, property: R|kotlin/reflect/KProperty<*>|): R|V1| {
+        ^getValue Null(null)!!
+    }
+    public final val m2: R|kotlin/collections/Map<kotlin/String, *>| = R|kotlin/collections/mapOf|<R|kotlin/String|, R|kotlin/String|>(String(baz).R|kotlin/to|<R|kotlin/String|, R|kotlin/String|>(String(bat)))
+        public get(): R|kotlin/collections/Map<kotlin/String, *>|
+    public final val bar: R|kotlin/String|
+        public get(): R|kotlin/String| {
+            ^ R|/m2|.R|/getValue|<R|kotlin/Any?|, R|kotlin/String|>(Null(null), ::R|/bar|)
+        }
+    public final fun foo(): R|kotlin/Unit| {
+        lval m1: R|kotlin/collections/Map<kotlin/String, kotlin/Any>| = R|kotlin/collections/mapOf|<R|kotlin/String|, R|kotlin/String|>(String(foo).R|kotlin/to|<R|kotlin/String|, R|kotlin/String|>(String(bar)))
+        lval foo: R|kotlin/String|by R|<local>/m1|
+        lval baz: R|kotlin/String|by R|/m2|
+        R|kotlin/io/println|(R|<local>/foo|)
+        R|kotlin/io/println|(R|<local>/baz|)
+        R|kotlin/io/println|(R|/bar|)
+    }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitNothingInDelegate.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitNothingInDelegate.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..792c2c46961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitNothingInDelegate.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// FIR_IDENTICAL
+// FIR_DUMP
+// WITH_REFLECT
+
+import kotlin.reflect.KProperty
+
+@Suppress("INVISIBLE_REFERENCE")
+public operator fun <V, V1 : V> Map<in String, @kotlin.internal.Exact V>.getValue(thisRef: Any?, property: KProperty<*>): V1 = null!!
+
+val m2: Map<String, *>  = mapOf("baz" to "bat")
+val bar: String get() = m2.getValue(null, ::bar)
+
+fun foo() {
+    val m1: Map<String, Any>  = mapOf("foo" to "bar")
+    val foo: String by m1
+    val baz: String by m2
+    println(foo) // bar
+    println(baz) // kotlin.KotlinNothingValueException
+    println(bar)
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitNothingInDelegate.txt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitNothingInDelegate.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc3247a96f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitNothingInDelegate.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package
+
+public val bar: kotlin.String
+public val m2: kotlin.collections.Map<kotlin.String, *>
+public fun foo(): kotlin.Unit
+@kotlin.Suppress(names = {"INVISIBLE_REFERENCE"}) public operator fun </*0*/ V, /*1*/ V1 : V> kotlin.collections.Map<in kotlin.String, V>.getValue(/*0*/ thisRef: kotlin.Any?, /*1*/ property: kotlin.reflect.KProperty<*>): V1
+
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/DiagnosticTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/DiagnosticTestGenerated.java
index 6f0000a8e8a..98bcca49d9c 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/DiagnosticTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/DiagnosticTestGenerated.java
@@ -31096,6 +31096,12 @@ public class DiagnosticTestGenerated extends AbstractDiagnosticTest {
             runTest("compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitCastToAny.kt");
         }
 
+        @Test
+        @TestMetadata("implicitNothingInDelegate.kt")
+        public void testImplicitNothingInDelegate() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/diagnostics/testsWithStdLib/implicitNothingInDelegate.kt");
+        }
+
         @Test
         @TestMetadata("InaccessibleInternalClass.kt")
         public void testInaccessibleInternalClass() throws Exception {
diff --git a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 1c006575301..9e6cb9f2afe 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-common-new/tests-gen/org/jetbrains/kotlin/test/runners/codegen/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -15268,6 +15268,12 @@ public class IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTes
             runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/Fir2IrClassifierStorage.kt");
         }
 
+        @Test
+        @TestMetadata("implicitNothingInDelegate.kt")
+        public void testImplicitNothingInDelegate() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/fir/implicitNothingInDelegate.kt");
+        }
+
         @Test
         @TestMetadata("incorrectBytecodeWithEnhancedNullability.kt")
         public void testIncorrectBytecodeWithEnhancedNullability() throws Exception {