diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrConverter.kt b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrConverter.kt
index 735f41496e8..854df6896d6 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrConverter.kt
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/Fir2IrConverter.kt
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.AnalysisFlags
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.config.LanguageVersionSettings
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.descriptors.ModuleDescriptor
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.FirSession
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.backend.evaluate.evaluateConstants
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.backend.generators.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.backend.generators.DataClassMembersGenerator
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.declarations.*
@@ -38,6 +37,9 @@ import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.PsiIrFileEntry
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl.IrFileImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.impl.IrModuleFragmentImpl
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.IrInterpreter
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.checker.EvaluationMode
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.checker.IrConstTransformer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.linkage.IrDeserializer
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.symbols.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.*
@@ -424,6 +426,13 @@ class Fir2IrConverter(
     }
 
     companion object {
+        private fun evaluateConstants(irModuleFragment: IrModuleFragment) {
+            val interpreter = IrInterpreter(irModuleFragment.irBuiltins)
+            irModuleFragment.files.forEach {
+                it.transformChildren(IrConstTransformer(interpreter, it, mode = EvaluationMode.ONLY_BUILTINS), null)
+            }
+        }
+
         @OptIn(ObsoleteDescriptorBasedAPI::class)
         fun createModuleFragment(
             session: FirSession,
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/ConstEvaluationLowering.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/ConstEvaluationLowering.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a365922938
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/common/lower/ConstEvaluationLowering.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2019 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
+ */
+
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.lower
+
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.CommonBackendContext
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.FileLoweringPass
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.backend.common.phaser.makeIrModulePhase
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.IrInterpreter
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.checker.EvaluationMode
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.checker.IrConstTransformer
+
+val constEvaluationPhase = makeIrModulePhase(
+    ::ConstEvaluationLowering,
+    name = "ConstEvaluationLowering",
+    description = "Evaluate functions that are marked as `Foldable`"
+)
+
+class ConstEvaluationLowering(val context: CommonBackendContext) : FileLoweringPass {
+    val interpreter = IrInterpreter(context.irBuiltIns)
+
+    override fun lower(irFile: IrFile) {
+        irFile.transformChildren(IrConstTransformer(interpreter, irFile, mode = EvaluationMode.ONLY_INTRINSIC_CONST), null)
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/lower/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/lower/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
index dc8455422d1..d39099d327d 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/lower/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/backend.jvm/lower/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/backend/jvm/JvmLower.kt
@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ private fun buildJvmLoweringPhases(
                 validateIrBeforeLowering then
                 processOptionalAnnotationsPhase then
                 expectDeclarationsRemovingPhase then
+                constEvaluationPhase then
                 serializeIrPhase then
                 scriptsToClassesPhase then
                 fileClassPhase then
diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/evaluate/IrConstTransformer.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.interpreter/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/interpreter/checker/IrConstTransformer.kt
similarity index 79%
rename from compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/evaluate/IrConstTransformer.kt
rename to compiler/ir/ir.interpreter/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/interpreter/checker/IrConstTransformer.kt
index ac6b310d338..875ed81808b 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/backend/evaluate/IrConstTransformer.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.interpreter/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/interpreter/checker/IrConstTransformer.kt
@@ -1,36 +1,32 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2020 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2021 JetBrains s.r.o. and Kotlin Programming Language contributors.
  * Use of this source code is governed by the Apache 2.0 license that can be found in the license/LICENSE.txt file.
  */
 
-package org.jetbrains.kotlin.fir.backend.evaluate
+package org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.checker
 
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.IrStatement
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.*
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrAnnotationContainer
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrDeclarationBase
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrField
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.declarations.IrFile
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.*
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.expressions.impl.IrVarargImpl
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.IrInterpreter
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.checker.EvaluationMode
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.checker.IrCompileTimeChecker
+import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.isPrimitiveArray
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.interpreter.toIrConst
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.types.*
-import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.util.isPrimitiveArray
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.ir.visitors.IrElementTransformerVoid
 
-fun evaluateConstants(irModuleFragment: IrModuleFragment) {
-    val interpreter = IrInterpreter(irModuleFragment.irBuiltins)
-    irModuleFragment.files.forEach { it.transformChildren(IrConstTransformer(interpreter, it), null) }
-}
-
-//TODO create abstract class that will be common for this and lowering
-class IrConstTransformer(private val interpreter: IrInterpreter, private val irFile: IrFile) : IrElementTransformerVoid() {
-
+class IrConstTransformer(
+    private val interpreter: IrInterpreter, private val irFile: IrFile, private val mode: EvaluationMode
+) : IrElementTransformerVoid() {
     private fun IrExpression.replaceIfError(original: IrExpression): IrExpression {
         return if (this !is IrErrorExpression) this else original
     }
 
     override fun visitCall(expression: IrCall): IrExpression {
-        if (expression.accept(IrCompileTimeChecker(mode = EvaluationMode.ONLY_BUILTINS), null)) {
+        if (expression.accept(IrCompileTimeChecker(mode = mode), null)) {
             return interpreter.interpret(expression, irFile).replaceIfError(expression)
         }
         return super.visitCall(expression)
@@ -43,7 +39,7 @@ class IrConstTransformer(private val interpreter: IrInterpreter, private val irF
         val expression = initializer?.expression ?: return declaration
         if (expression is IrConst<*>) return declaration
         val isConst = declaration.correspondingPropertySymbol?.owner?.isConst == true
-        if (isConst && expression.accept(IrCompileTimeChecker(declaration, mode = EvaluationMode.ONLY_BUILTINS), null)) {
+        if (isConst && expression.accept(IrCompileTimeChecker(declaration, mode), null)) {
             initializer.expression = interpreter.interpret(expression, irFile).replaceIfError(expression)
         }
 
@@ -89,7 +85,7 @@ class IrConstTransformer(private val interpreter: IrInterpreter, private val irF
     }
 
     private fun IrExpression.transformSingleArg(expectedType: IrType): IrExpression {
-        if (this.accept(IrCompileTimeChecker(mode = EvaluationMode.ONLY_BUILTINS), null)) {
+        if (this.accept(IrCompileTimeChecker(mode = mode), null)) {
             val const = interpreter.interpret(this, irFile).replaceIfError(this)
             return const.convertToConstIfPossible(expectedType)
         } else if (this is IrConstructorCall) {
@@ -106,4 +102,4 @@ class IrConstTransformer(private val interpreter: IrInterpreter, private val irF
             else -> this.value.toIrConst(type, this.startOffset, this.endOffset)
         }
     }
-}
+}
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