diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/ControlFlowInformationProvider.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/ControlFlowInformationProvider.kt
index 1677ba47563..94af80a4eb0 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/ControlFlowInformationProvider.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/ControlFlowInformationProvider.kt
@@ -500,9 +500,7 @@ class ControlFlowInformationProvider private constructor(
             // is not declared
             enterInitState?.isDeclared != true && exitInitState?.isDeclared != true &&
             // wasn't initialized before current instruction
-            enterInitState?.mayBeInitialized() != true &&
-            // became initialized after current instruction
-            exitInitState?.mayBeInitialized() == true
+            enterInitState?.mayBeInitialized() != true
 
     private fun checkInitializationForCustomSetter(ctxt: VariableInitContext, expression: KtExpression): Boolean {
         val variableDescriptor = ctxt.variableDescriptor
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/controlFlowAnalysis/kt897.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/controlFlowAnalysis/kt897.kt
index ee10f766706..eb279e36d50 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/controlFlowAnalysis/kt897.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/controlFlowAnalysis/kt897.kt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ package kt897
 
 class A() {
     init {
-        i = 11
+        <!INITIALIZATION_BEFORE_DECLARATION!>i<!> = 11
     }
     val i : Int? = null // must be an error