diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
index ab2b0515803..9f766cc5a22 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
@@ -3457,10 +3457,6 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends KtVisitor<StackValue, StackValue> impleme
 
         initializeDestructuringDeclarationVariables(multiDeclaration, initializerAsReceiver, local, asProperty);
 
-        if (initializerAsmType.getSort() == Type.OBJECT || initializerAsmType.getSort() == Type.ARRAY) {
-            v.aconst(null);
-            v.store(tempVarIndex, initializerAsmType);
-        }
         myFrameMap.leaveTemp(initializerAsmType);
 
         return StackValue.none();
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/doNotStoreNullForTmpInDestructuring.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/doNotStoreNullForTmpInDestructuring.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0976851b5b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/doNotStoreNullForTmpInDestructuring.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+fun test(p: Pair<Int, Int>) {
+    val (x, y) = p
+}
+
+// 0 ACONST_NULL
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
index c37a8d1df9c..9e7f364a4cd 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ public class BytecodeTextTestGenerated extends AbstractBytecodeTextTest {
         doTest(fileName);
     }
 
+    @TestMetadata("doNotStoreNullForTmpInDestructuring.kt")
+    public void testDoNotStoreNullForTmpInDestructuring() throws Exception {
+        String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/doNotStoreNullForTmpInDestructuring.kt");
+        doTest(fileName);
+    }
+
     @TestMetadata("doNotStoreNullsForCapturedVars.kt")
     public void testDoNotStoreNullsForCapturedVars() throws Exception {
         String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/doNotStoreNullsForCapturedVars.kt");