diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/Kotlin2JsGradlePluginIT.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/Kotlin2JsGradlePluginIT.kt
index 2fc44f3e31a..d032ec5e146 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/Kotlin2JsGradlePluginIT.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/Kotlin2JsGradlePluginIT.kt
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ abstract class AbstractKotlin2JsGradlePluginIT(private val irBackend: Boolean) :
         build("build") {
             assertSuccessful()
             assertFileExists("build/js/node_modules/file-dependency")
+            assertFileExists("build/js/node_modules/file-dependency-2")
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/npm-dependencies/build.gradle.kts b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/npm-dependencies/build.gradle.kts
index a8c68ca889a..8baea33e4f5 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/npm-dependencies/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/npm-dependencies/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ kotlin.sourceSets {
             // It has transitive dependency on custom github version of escodegen
             implementation(npm("@yworks/optimizer", "1.0.6"))
             implementation(npm("file-dependency", projectDir.resolve("file-dependency")))
+            implementation(npm(projectDir.resolve("file-dependency-2")))
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/npm-dependencies/file-dependency-2/package.json b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/npm-dependencies/file-dependency-2/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..afa57ab4698
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin-integration-tests/src/test/resources/testProject/npm-dependencies/file-dependency-2/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "file-dependency-2",
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "main": "index.js",
+  "private": true
+}
diff --git a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependency.kt b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependency.kt
index 44fccd9ea0b..e78af5e0c91 100644
--- a/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependency.kt
+++ b/libraries/tools/kotlin-gradle-plugin/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/kotlin/gradle/targets/js/npm/NpmDependency.kt
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ internal fun fileVersion(directory: File): String =
 internal fun moduleName(directory: File): String {
     val packageJson = directory.resolve(PACKAGE_JSON)
 
-    check(!packageJson.isFile) {
+    check(packageJson.isFile) {
         "There is no NPM module in $directory. Declare valid $PACKAGE_JSON in it."
     }