diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/generators/CallAndReferenceGenerator.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/generators/CallAndReferenceGenerator.kt
index 0bfd5fea778..3658c24b9df 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/generators/CallAndReferenceGenerator.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/generators/CallAndReferenceGenerator.kt
@@ -534,16 +534,19 @@ class CallAndReferenceGenerator(
             if (annotationMode) {
                 for ((index, parameter) in valueParameters.withIndex()) {
                     if (parameter.isVararg && !argumentMapping.containsValue(parameter)) {
-                        val elementType = parameter.returnTypeRef.toIrType()
-                        putValueArgument(
-                            index,
+                        val defaultValue = parameter.defaultValue
+                        val value = if (defaultValue != null) {
+                            convertArgument(defaultValue, parameter, ConeSubstitutor.Empty, annotationMode)
+                        } else {
+                            val elementType = parameter.returnTypeRef.toIrType()
                             IrVarargImpl(
                                 UNDEFINED_OFFSET,
                                 UNDEFINED_OFFSET,
                                 elementType,
                                 elementType.toArrayOrPrimitiveArrayType(irBuiltIns)
                             )
-                        )
+                        }
+                        putValueArgument(index, value)
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/annotations/javaAnnotationArrayValueDefault.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/annotations/javaAnnotationArrayValueDefault.kt
index 17b5a5bd452..1475aeab750 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/annotations/javaAnnotationArrayValueDefault.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/annotations/javaAnnotationArrayValueDefault.kt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 // TARGET_BACKEND: JVM
-// IGNORE_BACKEND_FIR: JVM_IR
 // WITH_RUNTIME
 // MODULE: lib
 // FILE: JavaAnn.java