diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/BindingContext.java b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/BindingContext.java
index 11fcc0ad02d..49b3ea959d4 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/BindingContext.java
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/BindingContext.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public interface BindingContext {
 
     WritableSlice<ScriptDescriptor, LexicalScope> SCRIPT_SCOPE = Slices.createSimpleSlice();
 
-    WritableSlice<KtExpression, Boolean> VARIABLE_REASSIGNMENT = Slices.createSimpleSetSlice();
+    WritableSlice<KtExpression, Boolean> VARIABLE_REASSIGNMENT =  new BasicWritableSlice<>(DO_NOTHING);
     WritableSlice<ValueParameterDescriptor, Boolean> AUTO_CREATED_IT = Slices.createSimpleSetSlice();
 
     WritableSlice<Pair<AnonymousFunctionDescriptor, Integer>, Boolean> SUSPEND_LAMBDA_PARAMETER_USED = Slices.createSimpleSlice();
diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/BindingUtils.java b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/BindingUtils.java
index f1f6cf0d4fc..24d10eb15a1 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/BindingUtils.java
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/utils/BindingUtils.java
@@ -140,7 +140,8 @@ public final class BindingUtils {
     }
 
     public static boolean isVariableReassignment(@NotNull BindingContext context, @NotNull KtExpression expression) {
-        return BindingContextUtils.getNotNull(context, BindingContext.VARIABLE_REASSIGNMENT, expression);
+        Boolean result = context.get(BindingContext.VARIABLE_REASSIGNMENT, expression);
+        return (result != null) ? result : false;
     }
 
     @Nullable