diff --git a/plugins/kapt3/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/javac/KaptTreeMaker.kt b/plugins/kapt3/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/javac/KaptTreeMaker.kt
index d5956400613..5f93c2e67e2 100644
--- a/plugins/kapt3/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/javac/KaptTreeMaker.kt
+++ b/plugins/kapt3/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/kapt3/javac/KaptTreeMaker.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class KaptTreeMaker(context: Context, private val kaptContext: KaptContext<*>) :
     }
 
     fun FqName(internalOrFqName: String): JCTree.JCExpression {
-        val path = getQualifiedName(internalOrFqName.replace('/', '.')).convertSpecialFqName().split('.')
+        val path = getQualifiedName(internalOrFqName).convertSpecialFqName().split('.')
         assert(path.isNotEmpty())
         if (path.size == 1) return SimpleName(path.single())