diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/results/OverloadingConflictResolver.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/results/OverloadingConflictResolver.java
index ce0193e11ae..243f30baab7 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/results/OverloadingConflictResolver.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/lang/resolve/calls/results/OverloadingConflictResolver.java
@@ -158,18 +158,18 @@ public class OverloadingConflictResolver {
                 }
             }
 
-            // Check the non-matching parameters of one function against the vararg parameter of the other funciton
+            // Check the non-matching parameters of one function against the vararg parameter of the other function
             // Example:
-            //   f(a : A, vararg vf : T)
-            //   g(vararg vg : T)
-            // here we check that typeof(a) < typeof(vg) and elementTypeOf(vf) < elementTypeOf(vg)
+            //   f(vararg vf : T)
+            //   g(a : A, vararg vg : T)
+            // here we check that typeOf(a) < elementTypeOf(vf) and elementTypeOf(vg) < elementTypeOf(vf)
             if (fSize < gSize) {
                 ValueParameterDescriptor fParam = fParams.get(fSize - 1);
                 JetType fParamType = fParam.getVarargElementType();
                 assert fParamType != null : "fIsVararg guarantees this";
                 for (int i = fSize - 1; i < gSize; i++) {
                     ValueParameterDescriptor gParam = gParams.get(i);
-                    if (!typeMoreSpecific(fParamType, gParam.getType())) {
+                    if (!typeMoreSpecific(fParamType, getVarargElementTypeOrType(gParam))) {
                         return false;
                     }
                 }
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ public class OverloadingConflictResolver {
                 assert gParamType != null : "gIsVararg guarantees this";
                 for (int i = gSize - 1; i < fSize; i++) {
                     ValueParameterDescriptor fParam = fParams.get(i);
-                    if (!typeMoreSpecific(fParam.getType(), gParamType)) {
+                    if (!typeMoreSpecific(getVarargElementTypeOrType(fParam), gParamType)) {
                         return false;
                     }
                 }
@@ -190,6 +190,15 @@ public class OverloadingConflictResolver {
         return true;
     }
 
+    @NotNull
+    private static JetType getVarargElementTypeOrType(@NotNull ValueParameterDescriptor parameterDescriptor) {
+        JetType varargElementType = parameterDescriptor.getVarargElementType();
+        if (varargElementType != null) {
+            return varargElementType;
+        }
+        return parameterDescriptor.getType();
+    }
+
     private boolean isVariableArity(List<ValueParameterDescriptor> fParams) {
         int fSize = fParams.size();
         return fSize > 0 && fParams.get(fSize - 1).getVarargElementType() != null;
diff --git a/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/varargs/kt422.kt b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/varargs/kt422.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c363fcd1839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/varargs/kt422.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// KT-422 Tune literal typing rules so that varargs overloaded by primitive types work
+
+fun foo<T>(vararg t : T) = t
+fun foo(vararg a: Int) = a
+fun foo(vararg a: Long) = a
+
+fun test() {
+    foo(1, 2, 3) // Error, but should be foo of ints
+}
+
+fun <T> array(vararg elements : T) = elements
+fun array(vararg elements : Int) = elements
+
+fun test1() {
+    array("A", "A")
+    array(1, 1)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/checkers/JetDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/checkers/JetDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java
index 5eaf3379aff..ccbca8c9593 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/checkers/JetDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/checkers/JetDiagnosticsTestGenerated.java
@@ -4257,6 +4257,11 @@ public class JetDiagnosticsTestGenerated extends AbstractDiagnosticsTestWithEage
                 doTest("compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/varargs/kt1838-val.kt");
             }
             
+            @TestMetadata("kt422.kt")
+            public void testKt422() throws Exception {
+                doTest("compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/varargs/kt422.kt");
+            }
+            
             @TestMetadata("MoreSpecificVarargsOfEqualLength.kt")
             public void testMoreSpecificVarargsOfEqualLength() throws Exception {
                 doTest("compiler/testData/diagnostics/tests/varargs/MoreSpecificVarargsOfEqualLength.kt");