diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/range/comparison/ComparisonGenerator.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/range/comparison/ComparisonGenerator.kt
index a9c8c1bb045..4e6c05422da 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/range/comparison/ComparisonGenerator.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/range/comparison/ComparisonGenerator.kt
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ interface ComparisonGenerator {
 
 fun getComparisonGeneratorForPrimitiveType(type: Type): ComparisonGenerator =
     when {
-        type.isRepresentedAsPrimitiveInt() -> IntComparisonGenerator
+        type == Type.CHAR_TYPE -> CharComparisonGenerator
+        type.isPrimitiveIntOrCoercible() -> IntComparisonGenerator
         type == Type.LONG_TYPE -> LongComparisonGenerator
         type == Type.FLOAT_TYPE -> FloatComparisonGenerator
         type == Type.DOUBLE_TYPE -> DoubleComparisonGenerator
@@ -61,11 +62,11 @@ fun getComparisonGeneratorForRangeContainsCall(
         asmElementType == asmValueParameterType ->
             getComparisonGeneratorForPrimitiveType(asmElementType)
 
-        asmElementType.isRepresentedAsPrimitiveInt() && asmValueParameterType.isRepresentedAsPrimitiveInt() ->
+        asmElementType.isPrimitiveIntOrCoercible() && asmValueParameterType.isPrimitiveIntOrCoercible() ->
             IntComparisonGenerator
 
-        asmElementType.isRepresentedAsPrimitiveInt() && asmValueParameterType == Type.LONG_TYPE ||
-                asmValueParameterType.isRepresentedAsPrimitiveInt() && asmElementType == Type.LONG_TYPE ->
+        asmElementType.isPrimitiveIntOrCoercible() && asmValueParameterType == Type.LONG_TYPE ||
+                asmValueParameterType.isPrimitiveIntOrCoercible() && asmElementType == Type.LONG_TYPE ->
             LongComparisonGenerator
 
         asmElementType == Type.FLOAT_TYPE && asmValueParameterType == Type.DOUBLE_TYPE ||
@@ -76,5 +77,5 @@ fun getComparisonGeneratorForRangeContainsCall(
     }
 }
 
-private fun Type.isRepresentedAsPrimitiveInt() =
-    this == Type.INT_TYPE || this == Type.SHORT_TYPE || this == Type.BYTE_TYPE || this == Type.CHAR_TYPE
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+private fun Type.isPrimitiveIntOrCoercible() =
+    this == Type.INT_TYPE || this == Type.SHORT_TYPE || this == Type.BYTE_TYPE
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diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/range/comparison/IntComparisonGenerator.kt b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/range/comparison/IntComparisonGenerator.kt
index 6c86a98829c..6926efff022 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/range/comparison/IntComparisonGenerator.kt
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/range/comparison/IntComparisonGenerator.kt
@@ -20,9 +20,7 @@ import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.Label
 import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.Type
 import org.jetbrains.org.objectweb.asm.commons.InstructionAdapter
 
-object IntComparisonGenerator : ComparisonGenerator {
-    override val comparedType: Type = Type.INT_TYPE
-
+abstract class IntegerComparisonGenerator(override val comparedType: Type) : ComparisonGenerator {
     override fun jumpIfGreaterOrEqual(v: InstructionAdapter, label: Label) {
         v.ificmpge(label)
     }
@@ -38,4 +36,8 @@ object IntComparisonGenerator : ComparisonGenerator {
     override fun jumpIfLess(v: InstructionAdapter, label: Label) {
         v.ificmplt(label)
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+object IntComparisonGenerator : IntegerComparisonGenerator(Type.INT_TYPE)
+
+object CharComparisonGenerator : IntegerComparisonGenerator(Type.CHAR_TYPE)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/ranges/contains/genericCharInRangeLiteral.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/ranges/contains/genericCharInRangeLiteral.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..810ed639224
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/ranges/contains/genericCharInRangeLiteral.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class Cell<T>(val value: T)
+
+fun box(): String =
+    if (Cell('a').value in 'a'..'z')
+        "OK"
+    else
+        "fail"
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diff --git a/compiler/tests-ir-jvm/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests-ir-jvm/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index a0e2c8ab364..1437322c6e3 100644
--- a/compiler/tests-ir-jvm/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests-ir-jvm/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/ir/IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -15398,6 +15398,12 @@ public class IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTes
                 doTest(fileName);
             }
 
+            @TestMetadata("genericCharInRangeLiteral.kt")
+            public void testGenericCharInRangeLiteral() throws Exception {
+                String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/ranges/contains/genericCharInRangeLiteral.kt");
+                doTest(fileName);
+            }
+
             @TestMetadata("inArray.kt")
             public void testInArray() throws Exception {
                 String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/ranges/contains/inArray.kt");
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index a88743ee5e3..5c1a211c605 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -15398,6 +15398,12 @@ public class BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest {
                 doTest(fileName);
             }
 
+            @TestMetadata("genericCharInRangeLiteral.kt")
+            public void testGenericCharInRangeLiteral() throws Exception {
+                String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/ranges/contains/genericCharInRangeLiteral.kt");
+                doTest(fileName);
+            }
+
             @TestMetadata("inArray.kt")
             public void testInArray() throws Exception {
                 String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/ranges/contains/inArray.kt");
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java
index 1a9e093951f..430d74ef195 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated.java
@@ -15398,6 +15398,12 @@ public class LightAnalysisModeTestGenerated extends AbstractLightAnalysisModeTes
                 doTest(fileName);
             }
 
+            @TestMetadata("genericCharInRangeLiteral.kt")
+            public void testGenericCharInRangeLiteral() throws Exception {
+                String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/ranges/contains/genericCharInRangeLiteral.kt");
+                doTest(fileName);
+            }
+
             @TestMetadata("inArray.kt")
             public void testInArray() throws Exception {
                 String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/ranges/contains/inArray.kt");
diff --git a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/JsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/JsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java
index a45e8b78df2..60e24e8ba64 100644
--- a/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/JsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java
+++ b/js/js.tests/test/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/test/semantics/JsCodegenBoxTestGenerated.java
@@ -16658,6 +16658,12 @@ public class JsCodegenBoxTestGenerated extends AbstractJsCodegenBoxTest {
                 doTest(fileName);
             }
 
+            @TestMetadata("genericCharInRangeLiteral.kt")
+            public void testGenericCharInRangeLiteral() throws Exception {
+                String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/ranges/contains/genericCharInRangeLiteral.kt");
+                doTest(fileName);
+            }
+
             @TestMetadata("inArray.kt")
             public void testInArray() throws Exception {
                 String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/ranges/contains/inArray.kt");