diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/entrypoint/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrCodegenFactory.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/entrypoint/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrCodegenFactory.kt
index dff750a2382..1d29e9e8ef5 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/entrypoint/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrCodegenFactory.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/entrypoint/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrCodegenFactory.kt
@@ -179,8 +179,11 @@ open class JvmIrCodegenFactory(
 
     fun doGenerateFilesInternal(input: JvmIrBackendInput) {
         val (state, irModuleFragment, symbolTable, phaseConfig, irProviders, extensions, backendExtension, notifyCodegenStart) = input
+        val irSerializer = if (state.configuration.getBoolean(JVMConfigurationKeys.SERIALIZE_IR))
+            JvmIrSerializerImpl(state.configuration)
+        else null
         val context = JvmBackendContext(
-            state, irModuleFragment.irBuiltins, irModuleFragment, symbolTable, phaseConfig, extensions, backendExtension,
+            state, irModuleFragment.irBuiltins, irModuleFragment, symbolTable, phaseConfig, extensions, backendExtension, irSerializer,
             notifyCodegenStart
         )
         /* JvmBackendContext creates new unbound symbols, have to resolve them. */
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/entrypoint/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrSerializerImpl.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/entrypoint/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrSerializerImpl.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..607afb0d685
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/entrypoint/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrSerializerImpl.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2021 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.backend.jvm
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.serialization.DeclarationTable
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.serialization.JvmGlobalDeclarationTable
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.serialization.JvmIrSerializerSession
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.CompilerConfiguration
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrClass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IrMessageLogger
+
+class JvmIrSerializerImpl(private val configuration: CompilerConfiguration) : JvmIrSerializer {
+
+    private val declarationTable = DeclarationTable(JvmGlobalDeclarationTable())
+
+    override fun serializeIrFile(irFile: IrFile): ByteArray {
+        return makeSerializerSession().serializeJvmIrFile(irFile).toByteArray()
+    }
+
+    override fun serializeTopLevelIrClass(irClass: IrClass): ByteArray {
+        assert(irClass.parent is IrFile)
+        return makeSerializerSession().serializeTopLevelClass(irClass).toByteArray()
+    }
+
+    private fun makeSerializerSession() =
+        JvmIrSerializerSession(
+            configuration.get(IrMessageLogger.IR_MESSAGE_LOGGER) ?: IrMessageLogger.None,
+            declarationTable,
+            mutableMapOf(),
+        )
+}
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diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmBackendContext.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmBackendContext.kt
index 834d93bf3a9..b72c23df165 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmBackendContext.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmBackendContext.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.Mapping
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.ir.Ir
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.phaser.PhaseConfig
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.psi.PsiErrorBuilder
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.serialization.DeclarationTable
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.codegen.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.descriptors.JvmSharedVariablesManager
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.intrinsics.IrIntrinsicMethods
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.lower.CollectionStubComputer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.lower.JvmInnerClassesSupport
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.lower.inlineclasses.InlineClassAbi
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.lower.inlineclasses.MemoizedInlineClassReplacements
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.serialization.JvmGlobalDeclarationTable
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.codegen.state.GenerationState
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.TypeParameterDescriptor
@@ -50,6 +48,7 @@ class JvmBackendContext(
     val phaseConfig: PhaseConfig,
     val generatorExtensions: JvmGeneratorExtensions,
     val backendExtension: JvmBackendExtension,
+    val irSerializer: JvmIrSerializer?,
     val notifyCodegenStart: () -> Unit,
 ) : CommonBackendContext {
     // If the JVM fqname of a class differs from what is implied by its parent, e.g. if it's a file class
@@ -225,6 +224,4 @@ class JvmBackendContext(
 
         override fun shouldGenerateHandlerParameterForDefaultBodyFun() = true
     }
-
-    val declarationTable = DeclarationTable(JvmGlobalDeclarationTable())
 }
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrSerializer.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrSerializer.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..dcc2bf5b555
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmIrSerializer.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2021 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.backend.jvm
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrClass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
+
+interface JvmIrSerializer {
+    fun serializeTopLevelIrClass(irClass: IrClass): ByteArray
+    fun serializeIrFile(irFile: IrFile): ByteArray
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/SerializeIrPhase.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/SerializeIrPhase.kt
index 0d151423ad6..27ee84fb93e 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/SerializeIrPhase.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/lower/SerializeIrPhase.kt
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.phaser.makeCustomPhase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.JvmBackendContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.expectDeclarationsRemovingPhase
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.serializeIrFile
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.serializeTopLevelIrClass
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.JVMConfigurationKeys
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrClass
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrModuleFragment
@@ -27,11 +24,11 @@ internal val serializeIrPhase = makeCustomPhase<JvmBackendContext, IrModuleFragm
 
 class SerializeIrPhase(val context: JvmBackendContext) : FileLoweringPass {
     override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
-        if (context.state.configuration.getBoolean(JVMConfigurationKeys.SERIALIZE_IR)) {
-            (irFile.metadata as? MetadataSource.File)?.serializedIr = serializeIrFile(context, irFile)
+        context.irSerializer?.let { irSerializer ->
+            (irFile.metadata as? MetadataSource.File)?.serializedIr = irSerializer.serializeIrFile(irFile)
 
             for (irClass in irFile.declarations.filterIsInstance<IrClass>()) {
-                (irClass.metadata as? MetadataSource.Class)?.serializedIr = serializeTopLevelIrClass(context, irClass)
+                (irClass.metadata as? MetadataSource.Class)?.serializedIr = irSerializer.serializeTopLevelIrClass(irClass)
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/serialization.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/serialization.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c9a60a3a2d..00000000000
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/serialization.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2021 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.backend.jvm
-
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.jvm.serialization.JvmIrSerializer
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrClass
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IrMessageLogger
-
-fun serializeIrFile(context: JvmBackendContext, irFile: IrFile): ByteArray {
-    return makeSerializer(context).serializeJvmIrFile(irFile).toByteArray()
-}
-
-fun serializeTopLevelIrClass(context: JvmBackendContext, irClass: IrClass): ByteArray {
-    assert(irClass.parent is IrFile)
-    return makeSerializer(context).serializeTopLevelClass(irClass).toByteArray()
-}
-
-private fun makeSerializer(context: JvmBackendContext) =
-    JvmIrSerializer(
-        context.configuration.get(IrMessageLogger.IR_MESSAGE_LOGGER) ?: IrMessageLogger.None,
-        context.declarationTable,
-        mutableMapOf(),
-    )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/ir/serialization.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/serialization/JvmIrSerializer.kt b/compiler/ir/serialization.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/serialization/JvmIrSerializerSession.kt
similarity index 98%
rename from compiler/ir/serialization.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/serialization/JvmIrSerializer.kt
rename to compiler/ir/serialization.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/serialization/JvmIrSerializerSession.kt
index 239a3a9185f..fd96f836d80 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/serialization.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/serialization/JvmIrSerializer.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/serialization.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/serialization/JvmIrSerializerSession.kt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.IrMessageLogger
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.FqName
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.protobuf.ByteString
 
-class JvmIrSerializer(
+class JvmIrSerializerSession(
     messageLogger: IrMessageLogger,
     declarationTable: DeclarationTable,
     expectDescriptorToSymbol: MutableMap<DeclarationDescriptor, IrSymbol>,