diff --git a/idea/idea-frontend-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/frontend/api/KtSymbolBasedReference.kt b/idea/idea-frontend-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/frontend/api/KtSymbolBasedReference.kt
index 7a53578f910..f0c0e7ac57f 100644
--- a/idea/idea-frontend-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/frontend/api/KtSymbolBasedReference.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-frontend-api/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/frontend/api/KtSymbolBasedReference.kt
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ fun KtReference.resolveToSymbols(analysisSession: KtAnalysisSession): Collection
 }
 
 fun KtSimpleReference<*>.resolveToSymbol(analysisSession: KtAnalysisSession): KtSymbol? {
-    check(this is KtSymbolBasedReference) { "To get reference symbol the one should be KtSymbolBasedReference" }
+    check(this is KtSymbolBasedReference) { "To get reference symbol the one should be KtSymbolBasedReference but was ${this::class}" }
     return resolveToSymbols(analysisSession).singleOrNull()
 }
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diff --git a/idea/idea-frontend-fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/references/KtFirReference.kt b/idea/idea-frontend-fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/references/KtFirReference.kt
index 8692e244699..49477cba714 100644
--- a/idea/idea-frontend-fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/references/KtFirReference.kt
+++ b/idea/idea-frontend-fir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/idea/references/KtFirReference.kt
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.references
 
 import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.frontend.api.KtAnalysisSession
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.frontend.api.KtSymbolBasedReference
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.idea.frontend.api.symbols.KtSymbol
 
-interface KtFirReference : KtReference {
-    fun resolveToSymbols(analysisSession: KtAnalysisSession): Collection<KtSymbol>
-
+interface KtFirReference : KtReference, KtSymbolBasedReference {
     fun getResolvedToPsi(analysisSession: KtAnalysisSession): Collection<PsiElement> =
         resolveToSymbols(analysisSession).mapNotNull(KtSymbol::psi)