diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/cfg/JetControlFlowProcessor.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/cfg/JetControlFlowProcessor.java
index e3022b6de9b..844abbb8162 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/cfg/JetControlFlowProcessor.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/cfg/JetControlFlowProcessor.java
@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ public class JetControlFlowProcessor {
             if (resultingDescriptor instanceof ReceiverParameterDescriptor) {
                 builder.readThis(expression, (ReceiverParameterDescriptor) resultingDescriptor);
             }
+
+            copyValue(expression, expression.getInstanceReference());
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/compiler/testData/cfg/declarations/properties/backingFieldQualifiedWithThis.values b/compiler/testData/cfg/declarations/properties/backingFieldQualifiedWithThis.values
index 21072d45bf9..1e5f253264f 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/cfg/declarations/properties/backingFieldQualifiedWithThis.values
+++ b/compiler/testData/cfg/declarations/properties/backingFieldQualifiedWithThis.values
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ abstract class Bar {
 fun foo() = "foo" + this.$bar
 ---------------------
 "foo"               <v0>   NEW()          
+this                <v1>   COPY
 this                <v1>   NEW()
 $bar                <v2>   NEW(<v1>)      
 this.$bar           <v2>   COPY