diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
index 30d86ffde76..db7c53d62d4 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
@@ -2484,16 +2484,17 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor<StackValue, StackValue> implem
 
         JetExpression left = expression.getLeft();
         JetExpression right = expression.getRight();
-        StackValue receiver = gen(left);
         Callable callable = resolveToCallable(descriptor, false);
 
         Type type;
         if (callable instanceof IntrinsicMethod) {
             // Compare two primitive values
             type = comparisonOperandType(expressionType(left), expressionType(right));
+            StackValue receiver = gen(left);
             receiver.put(type, v);
             gen(right, type);
-        } else {
+        }
+        else {
             type = Type.INT_TYPE;
             StackValue result = invokeOperation(expression, descriptor, (CallableMethod) callable);
             result.put(type, v);
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/classes/kt3114.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/classes/kt3114.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32d42899074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/classes/kt3114.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+class KeySpan(val left: String) {
+
+    public fun matches(value : String) : Boolean {
+
+        return left > value && left > value
+    }
+
+}
+
+fun box() : String {
+  KeySpan("1").matches("3")
+  return "OK"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 2e9195888e7..4f29232b103 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/generated/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -742,6 +742,11 @@ public class BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest {
             doTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/classes/kt285.kt");
         }
         
+        @TestMetadata("kt3114.kt")
+        public void testKt3114() throws Exception {
+            doTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/classes/kt3114.kt");
+        }
+        
         @TestMetadata("kt343.kt")
         public void testKt343() throws Exception {
             doTest("compiler/testData/codegen/box/classes/kt343.kt");