diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/StaticData.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/StaticData.kt
index 5452676e021..7c6f186f282 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/StaticData.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/StaticData.kt
@@ -122,6 +122,9 @@ internal class StaticData(override val context: Context): ContextUtils {
 
     private val stringLiterals = mutableMapOf<String, ConstPointer>()
 
+    fun kotlinStringLiteral(value: String) =
+        stringLiterals.getOrPut(value) { createKotlinStringLiteral(value) }
+
     fun kotlinStringLiteral(value: IrConst<String>) =
-            stringLiterals.getOrPut(value.value) { createKotlinStringLiteral(value) }
+        stringLiterals.getOrPut(value.value) { createKotlinStringLiteral(value) }
 }
diff --git a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/StaticObjects.kt b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/StaticObjects.kt
index bf1b6b524fc..2829fb75bb3 100644
--- a/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/StaticObjects.kt
+++ b/backend.native/compiler/ir/backend.native/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/konan/llvm/StaticObjects.kt
@@ -41,11 +41,13 @@ private fun StaticData.staticContainerHeader(): Struct {
     return Struct(header, padding)
 }
 
-internal fun StaticData.createKotlinStringLiteral(value: IrConst<String>): ConstPointer {
-    val name = "kstr:" + value.value.globalHashBase64
-    val elements = value.value.toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8).map { Int8(it) }
+internal fun StaticData.createKotlinStringLiteral(value: IrConst<String>) = createKotlinStringLiteral(value.value)
 
-    val objRef = createKotlinArray(value.type, elements)
+internal fun StaticData.createKotlinStringLiteral(value: String): ConstPointer {
+    val name = "kstr:" + value.globalHashBase64
+    val elements = value.toByteArray(Charsets.UTF_8).map(::Int8)
+
+    val objRef = createKotlinArray(KonanPlatform.builtIns.stringType, elements)
 
     val res = createAlias(name, objRef)
     LLVMSetLinkage(res.llvm, LLVMLinkage.LLVMWeakAnyLinkage)