diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/generated/_Ordering.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/generated/_Ordering.kt
index 186290ac1dd..ba24deb9b2d 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/generated/_Ordering.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/generated/_Ordering.kt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public fun <T> Iterable<T>.sortBy(comparator: Comparator<T>): List<T> {
 /**
  * Returns a sorted list of all elements, ordered by results of specified *order* function.
  */
-public inline fun <T, R : Comparable<R>> Array<out T>.sortBy(order: (T) -> R): List<T> {
+public inline fun <T, R : Comparable<R>> Array<out T>.sortBy(inlineOptions(InlineOption.ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN) order: (T) -> R): List<T> {
     val sortedList = toArrayList()
     val sortBy: Comparator<T> = comparator<T> {(x: T, y: T) -> order(x).compareTo(order(y)) }
     java.util.Collections.sort(sortedList, sortBy)
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ public inline fun <T, R : Comparable<R>> Array<out T>.sortBy(order: (T) -> R): L
 /**
  * Returns a sorted list of all elements, ordered by results of specified *order* function.
  */
-public inline fun <T, R : Comparable<R>> Iterable<T>.sortBy(order: (T) -> R): List<T> {
+public inline fun <T, R : Comparable<R>> Iterable<T>.sortBy(inlineOptions(InlineOption.ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN) order: (T) -> R): List<T> {
     val sortedList = toArrayList()
     val sortBy: Comparator<T> = comparator<T> {(x: T, y: T) -> order(x).compareTo(order(y)) }
     java.util.Collections.sort(sortedList, sortBy)
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public fun <T : Comparable<T>> Iterable<T>.sortDescending(): List<T> {
 /**
  * Returns a sorted list of all elements, in descending order by results of specified *order* function.
  */
-public inline fun <T, R : Comparable<R>> Array<out T>.sortDescendingBy(order: (T) -> R): List<T> {
+public inline fun <T, R : Comparable<R>> Array<out T>.sortDescendingBy(inlineOptions(InlineOption.ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN) order: (T) -> R): List<T> {
     val sortedList = toArrayList()
     val sortBy: Comparator<T> = comparator<T> {(x: T, y: T) -> -order(x).compareTo(order(y)) }
     java.util.Collections.sort(sortedList, sortBy)
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ public inline fun <T, R : Comparable<R>> Array<out T>.sortDescendingBy(order: (T
 /**
  * Returns a sorted list of all elements, in descending order by results of specified *order* function.
  */
-public inline fun <T, R : Comparable<R>> Iterable<T>.sortDescendingBy(order: (T) -> R): List<T> {
+public inline fun <T, R : Comparable<R>> Iterable<T>.sortDescendingBy(inlineOptions(InlineOption.ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN) order: (T) -> R): List<T> {
     val sortedList = toArrayList()
     val sortBy: Comparator<T> = comparator<T> {(x: T, y: T) -> -order(x).compareTo(order(y)) }
     java.util.Collections.sort(sortedList, sortBy)
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/iterators/_Iterators.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/iterators/_Iterators.kt
index 05599493c93..75e76780098 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/iterators/_Iterators.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/iterators/_Iterators.kt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public fun <T> Iterator<T>.filter(predicate: (T) -> Boolean) : Iterator<T> {
  * Returns an iterator over elements which don't match the given *predicate*
  */
 deprecated("Replace Iterator<T> with Stream<T> by using stream() function instead of iterator()")
-public inline fun <T> Iterator<T>.filterNot(predicate: (T) -> Boolean) : Iterator<T> {
+public inline fun <T> Iterator<T>.filterNot(inlineOptions(InlineOption.ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN) predicate: (T) -> Boolean) : Iterator<T> {
     return filter {!predicate(it)}
 }
 
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ public fun <T> Iterator<T>.reverse() : List<T> {
  * E.g. arrayList("two" to 2, "one" to 1).sortBy({it.second}) returns list sorted by second element of pair
  */
 deprecated("Replace Iterator<T> with Stream<T> by using stream() function instead of iterator()")
-public inline fun <T, R: Comparable<R>> Iterator<T>.sortBy(f: (T) -> R) : List<T> {
+public inline fun <T, R: Comparable<R>> Iterator<T>.sortBy(inlineOptions(InlineOption.ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN) f: (T) -> R) : List<T> {
     val sortedList = toCollection(ArrayList<T>())
     val sortBy: Comparator<T> = comparator<T> {(x: T, y: T) ->
         val xr = f(x)
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-stdlib-gen/src/templates/Ordering.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-stdlib-gen/src/templates/Ordering.kt
index 9c7291e47a9..613730edb87 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-stdlib-gen/src/templates/Ordering.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-stdlib-gen/src/templates/Ordering.kt
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ fun ordering(): List<GenericFunction> {
         exclude(Strings)
     }
 
-    templates add f("sortBy(order: (T) -> R)") {
+    templates add f("sortBy(inlineOptions(InlineOption.ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN) order: (T) -> R)") {
         inline(true)
 
         doc {
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ fun ordering(): List<GenericFunction> {
         only(Streams, ArraysOfObjects, ArraysOfPrimitives, Iterables)
     }
 
-    templates add f("sortDescendingBy(order: (T) -> R)") {
+    templates add f("sortDescendingBy(inlineOptions(InlineOption.ONLY_LOCAL_RETURN) order: (T) -> R)") {
         inline(true)
 
         doc {