diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/descriptors/IrBasedDescriptors.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/descriptors/IrBasedDescriptors.kt
index 34bf68e31d0..8d73ba75cb5 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/descriptors/IrBasedDescriptors.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/descriptors/IrBasedDescriptors.kt
@@ -1132,8 +1132,13 @@ private fun getContainingDeclaration(declaration: IrDeclaration): DeclarationDes
 }
 
 fun IrType.toIrBasedKotlinType(): KotlinType = when (this) {
-    is IrSimpleType -> makeKotlinType(classifier, arguments, hasQuestionMark)
-    else -> TODO(toString())
+    is IrSimpleType ->
+        makeKotlinType(classifier, arguments, hasQuestionMark)
+    is IrDefinitelyNotNullType ->
+        DefinitelyNotNullType.makeDefinitelyNotNull(this.original.toIrBasedKotlinType().unwrap())
+            ?: throw AssertionError("Can't reconstruct a definitely not-null type: ${this.render()}")
+    else ->
+        TODO(toString())
 }
 
 private fun makeKotlinType(
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/types/IrTypeSystemContext.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/types/IrTypeSystemContext.kt
index 47f6bb7d0a0..64bd2fd47b5 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/types/IrTypeSystemContext.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/types/IrTypeSystemContext.kt
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ interface IrTypeSystemContext : TypeSystemContext, TypeSystemCommonSuperTypesCon
     override fun SimpleTypeMarker.typeConstructor(): TypeConstructorMarker = when (this) {
         is IrCapturedType -> constructor
         is IrSimpleType -> classifier
+        is IrDefinitelyNotNullType -> original.typeConstructor()
         else -> error("Unknown type constructor")
     }
 
@@ -549,7 +550,7 @@ interface IrTypeSystemContext : TypeSystemContext, TypeSystemCommonSuperTypesCon
         error("Captured type is unsupported in IR")
 
     override fun DefinitelyNotNullTypeMarker.original(): SimpleTypeMarker =
-        error("DefinitelyNotNull type is unsupported in IR")
+        (this as IrDefinitelyNotNullType).original as IrSimpleType
 
     override fun KotlinTypeMarker.makeDefinitelyNotNullOrNotNull(): KotlinTypeMarker {
         error("makeDefinitelyNotNullOrNotNull is not supported in IR")
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/types/impl/IrDefinitelyNotNullTypeImpl.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/types/impl/IrDefinitelyNotNullTypeImpl.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59522b04d36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/types/impl/IrDefinitelyNotNullTypeImpl.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2022 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.impl
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.IrConstructorCall
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.IrDefinitelyNotNullType
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.IrType
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.KotlinType
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.Variance
+
+class IrDefinitelyNotNullTypeImpl(
+    kotlinType: KotlinType?,
+    override val original: IrType,
+) : IrTypeBase(kotlinType), IrDefinitelyNotNullType {
+
+    override val annotations: List<IrConstructorCall>
+        get() = original.annotations
+
+    override val variance: Variance
+        get() = Variance.INVARIANT
+
+    override fun equals(other: Any?): Boolean =
+        other is IrDefinitelyNotNullType &&
+                this.original == other.original
+
+    override fun hashCode(): Int =
+        original.hashCode()
+}
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diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/types/impl/IrSimpleTypeImpl.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/types/impl/IrSimpleTypeImpl.kt
index 9449183d533..888b2aac1c9 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/types/impl/IrSimpleTypeImpl.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/types/impl/IrSimpleTypeImpl.kt
@@ -51,15 +51,6 @@ abstract class IrDelegatedSimpleType(kotlinType: KotlinType? = null) : IrAbstrac
         get() = delegate.annotations
 }
 
-// TODO: This implementation is aligned with FE representation of DefinitelyNotNull (DNN) type but
-//       in fact DNN is special case of more general `IntersectionType`
-//       so someday it should be reconsidered
-class IrDefinitelyNotNullTypeImpl(kotlinType: KotlinType?, original: IrType) : IrDelegatedSimpleType(kotlinType), IrDefinitelyNotNullType {
-    override val delegate: IrSimpleType = original as IrSimpleType
-    override val original: IrType
-        get() = delegate
-}
-
 class IrSimpleTypeImpl(
     kotlinType: KotlinType?,
     override val classifier: IrClassifierSymbol,