diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/StackValue.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/StackValue.java
index 16f986142d2..bc8005b5319 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/StackValue.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/StackValue.java
@@ -405,11 +405,12 @@ public abstract class StackValue {
                 coerce(unboxedType, toType, v);
             }
             else {
-                if (toType.getSort() == Type.BOOLEAN || toType.getSort() == Type.CHAR) {
+                Type numberType = getType(Number.class);
+                if (toType.getSort() == Type.BOOLEAN || (toType.getSort() == Type.CHAR && !numberType.equals(fromType))) {
                     coerce(fromType, boxType(toType), v);
                 }
                 else {
-                    coerce(fromType, getType(Number.class), v);
+                    coerce(fromType, numberType, v);
                 }
                 unbox(toType, v);
             }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt14868.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt14868.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1416af7135b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt14868.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+
+fun box(): String {
+    val x: Number = 75
+
+    return "O" + x.toChar()
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/light-analysis/primitiveTypes/kt14868.txt b/compiler/testData/codegen/light-analysis/primitiveTypes/kt14868.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e54db8d4c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/light-analysis/primitiveTypes/kt14868.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+public final class Kt14868Kt {
+    public final static @org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull method box(): java.lang.String
+}
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 28eb1bada6a..06867f47d3f 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
@@ -10958,6 +10958,12 @@ public class IrBlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractIrBlackBoxCodegenTes
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("kt14868.kt")
+        public void testKt14868() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt14868.kt");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("kt1508.kt")
         public void testKt1508() throws Exception {
             String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt1508.kt");
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 64ade5a7f69..8de943bf2da 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -10958,6 +10958,12 @@ public class BlackBoxCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxCodegenTest {
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("kt14868.kt")
+        public void testKt14868() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt14868.kt");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("kt1508.kt")
         public void testKt1508() throws Exception {
             String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt1508.kt");
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeCodegenTestGenerated.java
index d364fb300db..b246b52e6c7 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/LightAnalysisModeCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -10958,6 +10958,12 @@ public class LightAnalysisModeCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractLightAnalysis
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("kt14868.kt")
+        public void testKt14868() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt14868.kt");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("kt1508.kt")
         public void testKt1508() throws Exception {
             String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt1508.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 c3e7c77e087..3e3d6f53fff 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
@@ -12849,6 +12849,12 @@ public class JsCodegenBoxTestGenerated extends AbstractJsCodegenBoxTest {
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("kt14868.kt")
+        public void testKt14868() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt14868.kt");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("kt1508.kt")
         public void testKt1508() throws Exception {
             String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/box/primitiveTypes/kt1508.kt");