diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt
index a1272ee348a..f25369bf609 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/metadata/KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator.kt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Zip
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinCommonOptions
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.kotlinExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.multiplatformExtension
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.multiplatformExtensionOrNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.mpp.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources.*
@@ -403,7 +404,6 @@ class KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator(kotlinPluginVersion: String) :
         // and their dependencies metadata transformed for compilation:
         return project.files(
             project.provider {
-                val metadataTarget = compilation.target
                 val sourceSet = compilation.defaultSourceSet
 
                 val transformationTaskHolders = sourceSet.getSourceSetHierarchy().mapNotNull { hierarchySourceSet ->
@@ -424,8 +424,8 @@ class KotlinMetadataTargetConfigurator(kotlinPluginVersion: String) :
                     transformationTaskHolders.flatMap { it.get().filesByResolution.toList() }.toMap()
 
                 val dependsOnCompilationOutputs = sourceSet.getSourceSetHierarchy().mapNotNull { hierarchySourceSet ->
-                    val dependencyCompilation = metadataTarget.compilations.getByName(hierarchySourceSet.name)
-                    dependencyCompilation.output.classesDirs.takeIf { hierarchySourceSet != sourceSet }
+                    val dependencyCompilation = project.getMetadataCompilationForSourceSet(hierarchySourceSet)
+                    dependencyCompilation?.output?.classesDirs.takeIf { hierarchySourceSet != sourceSet }
                 }
 
                 val artifactView = fromFiles.incoming.artifactView { view ->
@@ -540,4 +540,8 @@ internal fun Project.filesWithUnpackedArchives(from: FileCollection, extensions:
                 if (it.exists()) project.zipTree(it) else null
             } else it
         }
-    }).builtBy(from)
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+    }).builtBy(from)
+
+internal fun Project.getMetadataCompilationForSourceSet(sourceSet: KotlinSourceSet): AbstractKotlinCompilation<*>? {
+    return multiplatformExtension.metadata().compilations.findByName(sourceSet.name)
+}
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diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeCompilation.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeCompilation.kt
index 3201d28cc1f..25c2ded2f28 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeCompilation.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeCompilation.kt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinSourceSet
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.KotlinTarget
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources.getSourceSetHierarchy
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.sources.getVisibleSourceSetsFromAssociateCompilations
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.metadata.getMetadataCompilationForSourceSet
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.tasks.KotlinNativeCompile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.SingleWarningPerBuild
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.utils.lowerCamelCaseName
@@ -117,6 +118,6 @@ class KotlinSharedNativeCompilation(override val target: KotlinMetadataTarget, v
                 addAll(defaultSourceSet.getSourceSetHierarchy())
                 remove(defaultSourceSet)
             }
-            project.files(friendSourceSets.mapNotNull { target.compilations.findByName(it.name)?.output?.classesDirs })
+            project.files(friendSourceSets.mapNotNull { project.getMetadataCompilationForSourceSet(it)?.output?.classesDirs })
         })
 }
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diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTarget.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTarget.kt
index 08cb41578c3..c37e313ca48 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTarget.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/native/KotlinNativeTarget.kt
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.KotlinNativeBinaryContainer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.kotlinExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.multiplatformExtension
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.plugin.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.metadata.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.metadata.filesWithUnpackedArchives
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.metadata.getPublishedCommonSourceSets
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.metadata.isKotlinGranularMetadataEnabled
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.native.KotlinNativeBinaryTestRun
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.targets.native.KotlinNativeHostTestRun
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ open class KotlinNativeTarget @Inject constructor(
                     metadataJar.onlyIf { this@KotlinNativeTarget.publishable }
 
                     val metadataCompilations = hostSpecificSourceSets.mapNotNull {
-                        project.multiplatformExtension.metadata().compilations.findByName(it.name)
+                        project.getMetadataCompilationForSourceSet(it)
                     }
 
                     metadataCompilations.forEach {