diff --git a/js/js.libraries/src/core/sequence.kt b/js/js.libraries/src/core/sequence.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27d083d7f01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/js.libraries/src/core/sequence.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2015 JetBrains s.r.o.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package kotlin
+
+private class ConstrainedOnceSequence<T>(sequence: Sequence<T>) : Sequence<T> {
+    private volatile var sequenceRef: Sequence<T>? = sequence
+    //private val lock = Any()
+
+    //TODO: Synchronize with the synchonized() method
+    override fun iterator(): Iterator<T>  {
+        val sequence = sequenceRef ?: throw IllegalStateException("This sequence can be consumed only once.")
+        sequenceRef = null
+        return sequence.iterator()
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Sequence.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Sequence.kt
index b559f80147e..23874680e53 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Sequence.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/Sequence.kt
@@ -280,8 +280,7 @@ public class TakeSequence<T>(private val sequence: Sequence<T>,
                              private val count: Int
                             ) : Sequence<T> {
     init {
-        if (count < 0)
-            throw IllegalArgumentException("count should be non-negative, but is $count")
+        require (count >= 0) { throw IllegalArgumentException("count should be non-negative, but is $count") }
     }
 
     override fun iterator(): Iterator<T> = object : Iterator<T> {
@@ -361,8 +360,7 @@ public class DropSequence<T>(private val sequence: Sequence<T>,
                              private val count: Int
                             ) : Sequence<T> {
     init {
-        if (count < 0)
-            throw IllegalArgumentException("count should be non-negative, but is $count")
+        require (count >= 0) { throw IllegalArgumentException("count should be non-negative, but is $count") }
     }
 
     override fun iterator(): Iterator<T> = object : Iterator<T> {
@@ -510,11 +508,26 @@ private class GeneratorSequence<T: Any>(private val getInitialValue: () -> T?, p
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Returns a wrapper sequence that provides values of this sequence, but ensures it can be iterated only one time.
+ *
+ * [IllegalStateException] is thrown on iterating the returned sequence from the second time.
+ */
+public fun <T> Sequence<T>.constrainOnce(): Sequence<T> {
+    // as? does not work in js
+    //return this as? ConstrainedOnceSequence<T> ?: ConstrainedOnceSequence(this)
+    return if (this is ConstrainedOnceSequence<T>) this else ConstrainedOnceSequence(this)
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns a sequence which invokes the function to calculate the next value on each iteration until the function returns `null`.
+ *
+ * Returned sequence is constrained to be iterated only once.
+ *
+ * @see constrainOnce
  */
 public fun <T : Any> sequence(nextFunction: () -> T?): Sequence<T> {
-    return GeneratorSequence(nextFunction, { nextFunction() })
+    return GeneratorSequence(nextFunction, { nextFunction() }).constrainOnce()
 }
 
 deprecated("Use sequence() instead")
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/SequenceJVM.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/SequenceJVM.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..460b3acfbae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/collections/SequenceJVM.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+
+package kotlin
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
+
+
+private class ConstrainedOnceSequence<T>(sequence: Sequence<T>) : Sequence<T> {
+    private val sequenceRef = AtomicReference(sequence)
+
+    override fun iterator(): Iterator<T> {
+        val sequence = sequenceRef.getAndSet(null) ?: throw IllegalStateException("This sequence can be consumed only once.")
+        return sequence.iterator()
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/ReadWrite.kt b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/ReadWrite.kt
index d29e71d14b9..3cb40161d7c 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/ReadWrite.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/src/kotlin/io/ReadWrite.kt
@@ -246,9 +246,9 @@ public inline fun <T> Reader.useLines(block: (Sequence<String>) -> T): T =
  *
  * We suggest you try the method [useLines] instead which closes the stream when the processing is complete.
  *
- * @return a sequence of corresponding file lines
+ * @return a sequence of corresponding file lines. The sequence returned can be iterated only once.
  */
-public fun BufferedReader.lines(): Sequence<String> = LinesSequence(this)
+public fun BufferedReader.lines(): Sequence<String> = LinesSequence(this).constrainOnce()
 
 deprecated("Use lines() function which returns Sequence<String>")
 public fun BufferedReader.lineIterator(): Iterator<String> = lines().iterator()
diff --git a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/SequenceTest.kt b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/SequenceTest.kt
index f8265fa1a5c..f0c2fa31afe 100644
--- a/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/SequenceTest.kt
+++ b/libraries/stdlib/test/collections/SequenceTest.kt
@@ -20,24 +20,24 @@ fun fibonacci(): Sequence<Int> {
 public class SequenceTest {
 
     test fun filterEmptySequence() {
-        val stream = sequenceOf<String>()
-        assertEquals(0, stream.filter { false }.count())
-        assertEquals(0, stream.filter { true }.count())
+        val sequence = sequenceOf<String>()
+        assertEquals(0, sequence.filter { false }.count())
+        assertEquals(0, sequence.filter { true }.count())
     }
 
-    test fun mapEmptyStream() {
-        val stream = sequenceOf<String>()
-        assertEquals(0, stream.map { false }.count())
-        assertEquals(0, stream.map { true }.count())
+    test fun mapEmptySequence() {
+        val sequence = sequenceOf<String>()
+        assertEquals(0, sequence.map { false }.count())
+        assertEquals(0, sequence.map { true }.count())
     }
 
     test fun requireNoNulls() {
-        val stream = sequenceOf<String?>("foo", "bar")
-        val notNull = stream.requireNoNulls()
+        val sequence = sequenceOf<String?>("foo", "bar")
+        val notNull = sequence.requireNoNulls()
         assertEquals(listOf("foo", "bar"), notNull.toList())
 
-        val streamWithNulls = sequenceOf("foo", null, "bar")
-        val notNull2 = streamWithNulls.requireNoNulls() // shouldn't fail yet
+        val sequenceWithNulls = sequenceOf("foo", null, "bar")
+        val notNull2 = sequenceWithNulls.requireNoNulls() // shouldn't fail yet
         fails {
             // should throw an exception as we have a null
             notNull2.toList()
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ public class SequenceTest {
     }
 
     test fun plus() {
-        val stream = sequenceOf("foo", "bar")
-        val streamCheese = stream + "cheese"
-        assertEquals(listOf("foo", "bar", "cheese"), streamCheese.toList())
+        val sequence = sequenceOf("foo", "bar")
+        val sequenceCheese = sequence + "cheese"
+        assertEquals(listOf("foo", "bar", "cheese"), sequenceCheese.toList())
 
         // lets use a mutable variable
         var mi = sequenceOf("a", "b")
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ public class SequenceTest {
     test fun plusCollection() {
         val a = sequenceOf("foo", "bar")
         val b = listOf("cheese", "wine")
-        val stream = a + b
-        assertEquals(listOf("foo", "bar", "cheese", "wine"), stream.toList())
+        val sequence = a + b
+        assertEquals(listOf("foo", "bar", "cheese", "wine"), sequence.toList())
 
         // lets use a mutable variable
         var ml = sequenceOf("a")
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public class SequenceTest {
     }
 
 
-    test fun iterationOverStream() {
+    test fun iterationOverSequence() {
         var s = ""
         for (i in sequenceOf(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)) {
             s = s + i.toString()
@@ -162,31 +162,51 @@ public class SequenceTest {
         assertEquals("012345", s)
     }
 
-    test fun streamFromFunction() {
+    test fun sequenceFromFunction() {
         var count = 3
 
-        val stream = sequence {
+        val sequence = sequence {
             count--
             if (count >= 0) count else null
         }
 
-        val list = stream.toList()
+        val list = sequence.toList()
         assertEquals(listOf(2, 1, 0), list)
+
+        fails {
+            sequence.toList()
+        }
     }
 
-    test fun streamFromFunctionWithInitialValue() {
+    test fun sequenceFromFunctionWithInitialValue() {
         val values = sequence(3) { n -> if (n > 0) n - 1 else null }
         val expected = listOf(3, 2, 1, 0)
         assertEquals(expected, values.toList())
         assertEquals(expected, values.toList(), "Iterating sequence second time yields the same result")
     }
 
+
+    test fun makeSequenceOneTimeConstrained() {
+        val sequence = sequenceOf(1, 2, 3, 4)
+        sequence.toList()
+        sequence.toList()
+
+        val oneTime = sequence.constrainOnce()
+        oneTime.toList()
+        assertTrue("should fail with IllegalStateException") {
+            fails {
+                oneTime.toList()
+            } is IllegalStateException
+        }
+
+    }
+
     private fun <T, C : MutableCollection<in T>> Sequence<T>.takeWhileTo(result: C, predicate: (T) -> Boolean): C {
         for (element in this) if (predicate(element)) result.add(element) else break
         return result
     }
 
-    test fun streamExtensions() {
+    test fun sequenceExtensions() {
         val d = ArrayList<Int>()
         sequenceOf(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5).takeWhileTo(d, { i -> i < 4 })
         assertEquals(4, d.size())