diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsIntrinsics.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsIntrinsics.kt
index fd88caf3a18..8165c008eae 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsIntrinsics.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/JsIntrinsics.kt
@@ -322,6 +322,10 @@ class JsIntrinsics(private val irBuiltIns: IrBuiltIns, val context: JsIrBackendC
 
     val jsUndefined = getInternalFunction("jsUndefined")
 
+    val linkageErrorSymbol = getInternalFunction("throwLinkageError")
+
+    // Helpers:
+
     private fun getInternalFunction(name: String) =
         context.symbolTable.referenceSimpleFunction(context.getJsInternalFunction(name))
 
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/lower/calls/ExceptionHelperCallsTransformer.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/lower/calls/ExceptionHelperCallsTransformer.kt
index e3d98f3ce1d..94f43b4d33a 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/lower/calls/ExceptionHelperCallsTransformer.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.js/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/backend/js/lower/calls/ExceptionHelperCallsTransformer.kt
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@
 package org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.lower.calls
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.backend.js.JsIrBackendContext
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.irCall
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrFunctionAccessExpression
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.irCall
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.kotlinPackageFqn
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.Name
 
 class ExceptionHelperCallsTransformer(private val context: JsIrBackendContext) : CallsTransformer {
 
+    // TODO: move symbol resolve into context
     private fun referenceFunction(fqn: FqName) =
         context.getFunctions(fqn).singleOrNull()?.let {
             context.symbolTable.referenceSimpleFunction(it)
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ class ExceptionHelperCallsTransformer(private val context: JsIrBackendContext) :
         context.irBuiltIns.throwCceSymbol to referenceFunction(kotlinPackageFqn.child(Name.identifier("THROW_CCE"))),
         context.irBuiltIns.throwIseSymbol to referenceFunction(kotlinPackageFqn.child(Name.identifier("THROW_ISE"))),
         context.irBuiltIns.illegalArgumentExceptionSymbol to referenceFunction(kotlinPackageFqn.child(Name.identifier("THROW_IAE"))),
-        context.irBuiltIns.noWhenBranchMatchedExceptionSymbol to referenceFunction(kotlinPackageFqn.child(Name.identifier("noWhenBranchMatchedException")))
+        context.irBuiltIns.noWhenBranchMatchedExceptionSymbol to referenceFunction(kotlinPackageFqn.child(Name.identifier("noWhenBranchMatchedException"))),
+        context.irBuiltIns.linkageErrorSymbol to context.intrinsics.linkageErrorSymbol
     )
 
     override fun transformFunctionAccess(call: IrFunctionAccessExpression, doNotIntrinsify: Boolean) =