diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
index 2137b548ada..0c217daed93 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.kt
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ class K2JVMCompilerArguments : CommonCompilerArguments() {
         result[JvmAnalysisFlags.suppressMissingBuiltinsError] = suppressMissingBuiltinsError
         result[JvmAnalysisFlags.irCheckLocalNames] = irCheckLocalNames
         result[JvmAnalysisFlags.enableJvmPreview] = enableJvmPreview
-        result[AnalysisFlags.reportErrorsOnIrDependencies] = !useIR && !useFir && !allowJvmIrDependencies
+        result[AnalysisFlags.allowUnstableDependencies] = allowJvmIrDependencies || useIR || useFir
         result[JvmAnalysisFlags.disableUltraLightClasses] = disableUltraLightClasses
         return result
     }
diff --git a/compiler/config/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/AnalysisFlags.kt b/compiler/config/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/AnalysisFlags.kt
index 123e5bad772..3cab8a5ff3a 100644
--- a/compiler/config/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/AnalysisFlags.kt
+++ b/compiler/config/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/config/AnalysisFlags.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ object AnalysisFlags {
     val ideMode by AnalysisFlag.Delegates.Boolean
 
     @JvmStatic
-    val reportErrorsOnIrDependencies by AnalysisFlag.Delegates.Boolean
+    val allowUnstableDependencies by AnalysisFlag.Delegates.Boolean
 
     @JvmStatic
     val libraryToSourceAnalysis by AnalysisFlag.Delegates.Boolean
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/CompilerDeserializationConfiguration.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/CompilerDeserializationConfiguration.kt
index 84fe95ab7e3..23758d853c3 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/CompilerDeserializationConfiguration.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/CompilerDeserializationConfiguration.kt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class CompilerDeserializationConfiguration(languageVersionSettings: LanguageVers
     override val reportErrorsOnPreReleaseDependencies =
         !skipPrereleaseCheck && !languageVersionSettings.isPreRelease() && !KotlinCompilerVersion.isPreRelease()
 
-    override val reportErrorsOnIrDependencies = languageVersionSettings.getFlag(AnalysisFlags.reportErrorsOnIrDependencies)
+    override val allowUnstableDependencies = languageVersionSettings.getFlag(AnalysisFlags.allowUnstableDependencies)
 
     override val typeAliasesAllowed = languageVersionSettings.supportsFeature(LanguageFeature.TypeAliases)
 
diff --git a/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/DeserializedDescriptorResolver.kt b/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/DeserializedDescriptorResolver.kt
index 65278113123..24970d50c33 100644
--- a/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/DeserializedDescriptorResolver.kt
+++ b/core/descriptors.jvm/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/load/kotlin/DeserializedDescriptorResolver.kt
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ class DeserializedDescriptorResolver {
                 classHeader.isPreRelease && classHeader.metadataVersion == KOTLIN_1_3_M1_METADATA_VERSION
 
     private val KotlinJvmBinaryClass.isInvisibleJvmIrDependency: Boolean
-        get() = components.configuration.reportErrorsOnIrDependencies && classHeader.isUnstableJvmIrBinary
+        get() = !components.configuration.allowUnstableDependencies && classHeader.isUnstableJvmIrBinary
 
     private fun readData(kotlinClass: KotlinJvmBinaryClass, expectedKinds: Set<KotlinClassHeader.Kind>): Array<String>? {
         val header = kotlinClass.classHeader
diff --git a/core/deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/DeserializationConfiguration.kt b/core/deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/DeserializationConfiguration.kt
index 84050087374..0de6b01882e 100644
--- a/core/deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/DeserializationConfiguration.kt
+++ b/core/deserialization/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/serialization/deserialization/DeserializationConfiguration.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ interface DeserializationConfiguration {
     val reportErrorsOnPreReleaseDependencies: Boolean
         get() = false
 
-    val reportErrorsOnIrDependencies: Boolean
+    val allowUnstableDependencies: Boolean
         get() = false
 
     val typeAliasesAllowed: Boolean