diff --git a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Fir2IrTextTestGenerated.java b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Fir2IrTextTestGenerated.java
index cbb840647c1..d575f5a172e 100644
--- a/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Fir2IrTextTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/fir/fir2ir/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/fir/Fir2IrTextTestGenerated.java
@@ -1072,6 +1072,11 @@ public class Fir2IrTextTestGenerated extends AbstractFir2IrTextTest {
             runTest("compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36956.kt");
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("kt36963.kt")
+        public void testKt36963() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36963.kt");
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("lambdaInCAO.kt")
         public void testLambdaInCAO() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/lambdaInCAO.kt");
diff --git a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/OperatorExpressionGenerator.kt b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/OperatorExpressionGenerator.kt
index b70e05a7ea0..d30c0d5b6a9 100644
--- a/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/OperatorExpressionGenerator.kt
+++ b/compiler/ir/ir.psi2ir/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/psi2ir/generators/OperatorExpressionGenerator.kt
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ class OperatorExpressionGenerator(statementGenerator: StatementGenerator) : Stat
 
     fun generatePrefixExpression(expression: KtPrefixExpression): IrExpression {
         val ktOperator = expression.operationReference.getReferencedNameElementType()
-        val irOperator = getPrefixOperator(ktOperator)
 
-        return when (irOperator) {
+        return when (val irOperator = getPrefixOperator(ktOperator)) {
             null -> throw AssertionError("Unexpected prefix operator: $ktOperator")
 
             in INCREMENT_DECREMENT_OPERATORS ->
@@ -78,9 +77,8 @@ class OperatorExpressionGenerator(statementGenerator: StatementGenerator) : Stat
 
     fun generatePostfixExpression(expression: KtPostfixExpression): IrExpression {
         val ktOperator = expression.operationReference.getReferencedNameElementType()
-        val irOperator = getPostfixOperator(ktOperator)
 
-        return when (irOperator) {
+        return when (val irOperator = getPostfixOperator(ktOperator)) {
             null -> throw AssertionError("Unexpected postfix operator: $ktOperator")
 
             in INCREMENT_DECREMENT_OPERATORS ->
@@ -130,9 +128,7 @@ class OperatorExpressionGenerator(statementGenerator: StatementGenerator) : Stat
             return generateBinaryOperatorAsCall(expression, null)
         }
 
-        val irOperator = getInfixOperator(ktOperator)
-
-        return when (irOperator) {
+        return when (val irOperator = getInfixOperator(ktOperator)) {
             null -> throw AssertionError("Unexpected infix operator: $ktOperator")
             IrStatementOrigin.EQ -> AssignmentGenerator(statementGenerator).generateAssignment(expression)
             in AUGMENTED_ASSIGNMENTS -> AssignmentGenerator(statementGenerator).generateAugmentedAssignment(expression, irOperator)
@@ -319,7 +315,9 @@ class OperatorExpressionGenerator(statementGenerator: StatementGenerator) : Stat
         val comparisonInfo = getPrimitiveNumericComparisonInfo(expression)
         val comparisonType = comparisonInfo?.comparisonType
 
-        val eqeqSymbol = context.irBuiltIns.ieee754equalsFunByOperandType[kotlinTypeToIrType(comparisonType)?.classifierOrNull] ?: context.irBuiltIns.eqeqSymbol
+        val eqeqSymbol =
+            context.irBuiltIns.ieee754equalsFunByOperandType[kotlinTypeToIrType(comparisonType)?.classifierOrNull]
+                ?: context.irBuiltIns.eqeqSymbol
 
         val irEquals = primitiveOp2(
             expression.startOffsetSkippingComments, expression.endOffset,
@@ -357,7 +355,8 @@ class OperatorExpressionGenerator(statementGenerator: StatementGenerator) : Stat
         if (comparisonInfo != null) {
             val comparisonType = comparisonInfo.comparisonType
             val eqeqSymbol =
-                context.irBuiltIns.ieee754equalsFunByOperandType[kotlinTypeToIrType(comparisonType)?.classifierOrNull] ?: context.irBuiltIns.eqeqSymbol
+                context.irBuiltIns.ieee754equalsFunByOperandType[kotlinTypeToIrType(comparisonType)?.classifierOrNull] ?: context.irBuiltIns
+                    .eqeqSymbol
             primitiveOp2(
                 startOffset, endOffset,
                 eqeqSymbol,
@@ -453,7 +452,10 @@ class OperatorExpressionGenerator(statementGenerator: StatementGenerator) : Stat
             val comparisonType = comparisonInfo.comparisonType
             primitiveOp2(
                 startOffset, endOffset,
-                getComparisonOperatorSymbol(origin, kotlinTypeToIrType(comparisonType) ?: error("$comparisonType expected to be primitive")),
+                getComparisonOperatorSymbol(
+                    origin,
+                    kotlinTypeToIrType(comparisonType) ?: error("$comparisonType expected to be primitive")
+                ),
                 context.irBuiltIns.booleanType,
                 origin,
                 ktLeft.generateAsPrimitiveNumericComparisonOperand(comparisonInfo.leftPrimitiveType, comparisonInfo.comparisonType),
@@ -491,7 +493,7 @@ class OperatorExpressionGenerator(statementGenerator: StatementGenerator) : Stat
         }[primitiveNumericType.classifierOrFail]!!
 
     private fun generateExclExclOperator(expression: KtPostfixExpression, origin: IrStatementOrigin): IrExpression {
-        val ktArgument = expression.baseExpression!!
+        val ktArgument = KtPsiUtil.deparenthesize(expression.baseExpression!!)!!
         val irArgument = ktArgument.genExpr()
         val ktOperator = expression.operationReference
 
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36963.fir.txt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36963.fir.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..334ffd0f603
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36963.fir.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FILE fqName:<root> fileName:/kt36963.kt
+  FUN name:foo visibility:public modality:FINAL <> () returnType:kotlin.Unit
+    BLOCK_BODY
+  FUN name:test visibility:public modality:FINAL <> () returnType:kotlin.reflect.KFunction0<kotlin.Unit>
+    BLOCK_BODY
+      RETURN type=kotlin.Nothing from='public final fun test (): kotlin.reflect.KFunction0<kotlin.Unit> declared in <root>'
+        CALL 'public final fun CHECK_NOT_NULL <T0> (arg0: T0 of kotlin.internal.ir.CHECK_NOT_NULL?): T0 of kotlin.internal.ir.CHECK_NOT_NULL declared in kotlin.internal.ir' type=kotlin.reflect.KFunction0<kotlin.Unit> origin=EXCLEXCL
+          <T0>: kotlin.reflect.KFunction0<kotlin.Unit>
+          arg0: FUNCTION_REFERENCE 'public final fun foo (): kotlin.Unit declared in <root>' type=kotlin.reflect.KFunction0<kotlin.Unit> origin=null reflectionTarget=<same>
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36963.kt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36963.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2eb7497c47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36963.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fun foo() {}
+
+fun test() = (::foo)!!
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36963.txt b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36963.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2930185f6f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36963.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+FILE fqName:<root> fileName:/kt36963.kt
+  FUN name:foo visibility:public modality:FINAL <> () returnType:kotlin.Unit
+    BLOCK_BODY
+  FUN name:test visibility:public modality:FINAL <> () returnType:IrErrorType
+    BLOCK_BODY
+      RETURN type=kotlin.Nothing from='public final fun test (): IrErrorType declared in <root>'
+        CALL 'public final fun CHECK_NOT_NULL <T0> (arg0: T0 of kotlin.internal.ir.CHECK_NOT_NULL?): T0 of kotlin.internal.ir.CHECK_NOT_NULL declared in kotlin.internal.ir' type=kotlin.reflect.KFunction0<kotlin.Unit> origin=EXCLEXCL
+          <T0>: kotlin.reflect.KFunction0<kotlin.Unit>
+          arg0: FUNCTION_REFERENCE 'public final fun foo (): kotlin.Unit declared in <root>' type=kotlin.reflect.KFunction0<kotlin.Unit> origin=null reflectionTarget=<same>
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/IrTextTestCaseGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/IrTextTestCaseGenerated.java
index d7b3b35fc28..aa98e3cf476 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/IrTextTestCaseGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/ir/IrTextTestCaseGenerated.java
@@ -1071,6 +1071,11 @@ public class IrTextTestCaseGenerated extends AbstractIrTextTestCase {
             runTest("compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36956.kt");
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("kt36963.kt")
+        public void testKt36963() throws Exception {
+            runTest("compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/kt36963.kt");
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("lambdaInCAO.kt")
         public void testLambdaInCAO() throws Exception {
             runTest("compiler/testData/ir/irText/expressions/lambdaInCAO.kt");