diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/DumpIrTree.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/DumpIrTree.kt
index ae3f2d8363b..d96b95827b1 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/DumpIrTree.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.tree/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/util/DumpIrTree.kt
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ class DumpIrTreeVisitor(out: Appendable): IrElementVisitor<Unit, String> {
     override fun visitWhenExpression(expression: IrWhenExpression, data: String) {
         expression.dumpLabeledElementWith(data) {
             expression.subject?.let { subject ->
-                subject.accept(this, "\$subject:")
+                subject.accept(this, "\$subject")
             }
             for (branch in expression.branches) {
                 branch.conditions.forEach { it.accept(this, "if") }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/when.kt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/when.kt
index 708c246b507..0f9cfa3bbac 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/when.kt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/when.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,19 @@
 object A
 
-fun test(x: Any?) =
+fun testWithSubject(x: Any?) =
         when (x) {
             null -> "null"
             A -> "A"
             is String -> "String"
             in setOf<Nothing>() -> "nothingness?"
             else -> "something"
-        }
\ No newline at end of file
+        }
+
+fun test(x: Any?) =
+        when {
+            x == null -> "null"
+            x == A -> "A"
+            x is String -> "String"
+            x in setOf<Nothing>() -> "nothingness?"
+            else -> "something"
+        }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/when.txt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/when.txt
index 5b89a06c1d8..8ae91505d9d 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/when.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/when.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 IrFile /when.kt
   DUMMY A
-  IrFunction public fun test(/*0*/ x: kotlin.Any?): kotlin.String
+  IrFunction public fun testWithSubject(/*0*/ x: kotlin.Any?): kotlin.String
     IrExpressionBody
       BLOCK type=<no-type> hasResult=false operator=null
         RETURN type=<no-type>
           WHEN subject=tmp0_subject type=kotlin.String
-            $subject:: VAR val tmp0_subject: kotlin.Any?
+            $subject: VAR val tmp0_subject: kotlin.Any?
               GET_VAR x type=kotlin.Any? operator=null
             if: BINARY_OP operator=EQEQ type=kotlin.Boolean related=null
               GET_VAR tmp0_subject type=kotlin.Any? operator=null
@@ -24,3 +24,25 @@ IrFile /when.kt
                 GET_VAR tmp0_subject type=kotlin.Any? operator=null
             then: LITERAL String type=kotlin.String value='nothingness?'
             else: LITERAL String type=kotlin.String value='something'
+  IrFunction public fun test(/*0*/ x: kotlin.Any?): kotlin.String
+    IrExpressionBody
+      BLOCK type=<no-type> hasResult=false operator=null
+        RETURN type=<no-type>
+          WHEN subject=null type=kotlin.String
+            if: BINARY_OP operator=EQEQ type=kotlin.Boolean related=public open operator fun equals(/*0*/ other: kotlin.Any?): kotlin.Boolean
+              GET_VAR x type=kotlin.Any? operator=null
+              LITERAL Null type=kotlin.Nothing? value='null'
+            then: LITERAL String type=kotlin.String value='null'
+            if: BINARY_OP operator=EQEQ type=kotlin.Boolean related=public open operator fun equals(/*0*/ other: kotlin.Any?): kotlin.Boolean
+              GET_VAR x type=kotlin.Any? operator=null
+              GET_OBJECT A type=A
+            then: LITERAL String type=kotlin.String value='A'
+            if: TYPE_OP operator=INSTANCEOF typeOperand=kotlin.String
+              GET_VAR x type=kotlin.Any? operator=null
+            then: LITERAL String type=kotlin.String value='String'
+            if: CALL .contains type=kotlin.Boolean operator=IN
+              $receiver: CALL .setOf type=kotlin.collections.Set<kotlin.Nothing> operator=null
+              element: TYPE_OP operator=IMPLICIT_CAST typeOperand=kotlin.Any
+                GET_VAR x type=kotlin.Any? operator=null
+            then: LITERAL String type=kotlin.String value='nothingness?'
+            else: LITERAL String type=kotlin.String value='something'