diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/WhenChecker.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/WhenChecker.kt
index a38bcbf4051..b572a8217b1 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/WhenChecker.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cfg/WhenChecker.kt
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.LanguageVersionSettings
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ClassKind
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.Modality
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.DiagnosticSink
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.Errors
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.diagnostics.WhenMissingCase
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.KtTokens
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.name.CallableId
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.psiUtil.checkReservedPrefixWord
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext.SMARTCAST
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.resolve.BindingContext.VARIABLE
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.KotlinType
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.types.TypeUtils
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addIfNotNull
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.utils.addToStdlib.runIf
-import java.util.*
 
 
 val List<WhenMissingCase>.hasUnknown: Boolean
@@ -479,7 +478,9 @@ object WhenChecker {
         }
     }
 
-    fun checkReservedPrefix(trace: BindingTrace, expression: KtWhenExpression) {
-        checkReservedPrefixWord(trace, expression.whenKeyword, "sealed", "sealed when")
+    fun checkSealedWhenIsReserved(sink: DiagnosticSink, element: PsiElement) {
+        KtPsiUtil.getPreviousWord(element, "sealed")?.let {
+            sink.report(Errors.UNSUPPORTED.on(it, "sealed when"))
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/psiUtil/ReservedChecking.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/psiUtil/ReservedChecking.kt
index c902c7ad564..5929fa7f2c5 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/psiUtil/ReservedChecking.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi/psiUtil/ReservedChecking.kt
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.lexer.KtTokens
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtPsiUtil
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.psi.KtSimpleNameExpression
 
-fun checkReservedPrefixWord(sink: DiagnosticSink, element: PsiElement, word: String, message: String) {
-    KtPsiUtil.getPreviousWord(element, word)?.let {
-        sink.report(Errors.UNSUPPORTED.on(it, message))
-    }
-}
-
 fun checkReservedYield(expression: KtSimpleNameExpression?, sink: DiagnosticSink) {
     // do not force identifier calculation for elements from stubs.
     if (expression?.getReferencedName() != "yield") return
diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/PatternMatchingTypingVisitor.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/PatternMatchingTypingVisitor.kt
index f9843c6f9ae..e6d91246fec 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/PatternMatchingTypingVisitor.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/types/expressions/PatternMatchingTypingVisitor.kt
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class PatternMatchingTypingVisitor internal constructor(facade: ExpressionTyping
     ): KotlinTypeInfo {
         val trace = contextWithExpectedType.trace
         WhenChecker.checkDeprecatedWhenSyntax(trace, expression)
-        WhenChecker.checkReservedPrefix(trace, expression)
+        WhenChecker.checkSealedWhenIsReserved(trace, expression.whenKeyword)
 
         components.dataFlowAnalyzer.recordExpectedType(trace, expression, contextWithExpectedType.expectedType)