diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/CompareTo.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/CompareTo.java
index 7f6fb066e72..428a662807f 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/CompareTo.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/CompareTo.java
@@ -41,8 +41,18 @@ public class CompareTo implements IntrinsicMethod {
             StackValue receiver,
             @NotNull GenerationState state
     ) {
+        JetExpression argument;
         assert arguments != null;
-        JetExpression argument = arguments.get(0);
+        if (arguments.size() == 1) {
+            argument = arguments.get(0);
+        }
+        else if (arguments.size() == 2) {
+            receiver = codegen.gen(arguments.get(0));
+            argument = arguments.get(1);
+        }
+        else {
+            throw new IllegalStateException("Invalid arguments to compareTo: " + arguments);
+        }
         Type type = comparisonOperandType(receiver.type, codegen.expressionType(argument));
 
         receiver.put(type, v);
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/intrinsics/compareTo.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/intrinsics/compareTo.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c2eae39fc2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/intrinsics/compareTo.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+fun box(): String {
+    val sb = StringBuilder()
+    
+    for (i in -1..1) {
+        for (j in -1..1) {
+            val a = i compareTo j
+            val b = i.compareTo(j)
+            if (a != b) {
+                sb.append("$i compareTo $j:  $a != $b\n")
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    
+    if (sb.length() == 0) return "OK"
+    return "Fail:\n$sb"
+}
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/regressions/ea33909.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/regressions/ea33909.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..91701ce012f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/regressions/ea33909.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+fun box(): String {
+    return justPrint(9 compareTo 4) 
+} 
+
+fun justPrint(value: Int): String {
+    return if (value > 0) "OK" else "Fail $value"
+}
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/FunctionGenTest.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/FunctionGenTest.java
index d0c2425d90b..84eea7c8fe5 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/FunctionGenTest.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/FunctionGenTest.java
@@ -199,4 +199,8 @@ public class FunctionGenTest extends CodegenTestCase {
         assertFalse(text.contains("INVOKEVIRTUAL"));
         assertTrue(text.contains("INVOKESPECIAL"));
     }
+
+    public void testEa33909() {
+        blackBoxFile("regressions/ea33909.kt");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/IntrinsicsTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/IntrinsicsTestGenerated.java
index 7fc6172d806..9000a690998 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/IntrinsicsTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/IntrinsicsTestGenerated.java
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ public class IntrinsicsTestGenerated extends AbstractCodegenTest {
     public void testAllFilesPresentInIntrinsics() throws Exception {
         JetTestUtils.assertAllTestsPresentByMetadata(this.getClass(), "org.jetbrains.jet.generators.tests.GenerateTests", new File("compiler/testData/codegen/intrinsics"), "kt", true);
     }
+
+    @TestMetadata("compareTo.kt")
+    public void testCompareTo() throws Exception {
+        blackBoxFileByFullPath("compiler/testData/codegen/intrinsics/compareTo.kt");
+    }
     
     @TestMetadata("longRangeWithExplicitDot.kt")
     public void testLongRangeWithExplicitDot() throws Exception {