diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/FunctionCodegen.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/FunctionCodegen.java
index ed3430f07b9..4f434fec3d8 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/FunctionCodegen.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/FunctionCodegen.java
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ public class FunctionCodegen {
         OwnerKind contextKind = methodContext.getContextKind();
         if (!state.getClassBuilderMode().generateBodies ||
                 isAbstractMethod(functionDescriptor, contextKind) ||
-                (state.getClassBuilderMode() == ClassBuilderMode.ABI && !InlineUtil.isInlineOrContainingInline(origin.getDescriptor()))) {
+                (state.getClassBuilderMode() == ClassBuilderMode.ABI && origin.getDescriptor() != null && !InlineUtil.isInlineOrContainingInline(origin.getDescriptor()))) {
             generateLocalVariableTable(
                     mv,
                     jvmSignature,