diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java
index a27919f5e20..53f2d0d70bb 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java
@@ -660,13 +660,15 @@ public class AsmUtil {
 
             @Override
             public void putSelector(@NotNull Type type, @NotNull InstructionAdapter v) {
-                stackValue.put(type, v);
-                if (type.getSort() == Type.OBJECT || type.getSort() == Type.ARRAY) {
+                Type innerType = stackValue.type;
+                stackValue.put(innerType, v);
+                if (innerType.getSort() == Type.OBJECT || innerType.getSort() == Type.ARRAY) {
                     v.dup();
                     v.visitLdcInsn(runtimeAssertionInfo.getMessage());
                     v.invokestatic("kotlin/jvm/internal/Intrinsics", "checkExpressionValueIsNotNull",
                                    "(Ljava/lang/Object;Ljava/lang/String;)V", false);
                 }
+                StackValue.coerce(innerType, type, v);
             }
         };
     }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/boxAgainstJava/platformTypes/kt14989.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxAgainstJava/platformTypes/kt14989.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1f7ca2e9ac4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/boxAgainstJava/platformTypes/kt14989.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//WITH_RUNTIME
+// FILE: JavaClass.java
+
+public class JavaClass {
+
+    public Double test() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}
+
+// FILE: b.kt
+
+fun test(s: Double) {
+
+}
+
+fun box(): String {
+    try {
+        test(JavaClass().test())
+    }
+    catch (e: IllegalStateException) {
+        return "OK"
+    }
+    return "fail"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTestGenerated.java
index 703425e05a2..7f441f558e1 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/BlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTestGenerated.java
@@ -368,6 +368,12 @@ public class BlackBoxAgainstJavaCodegenTestGenerated extends AbstractBlackBoxAga
             doTest(fileName);
         }
 
+        @TestMetadata("kt14989.kt")
+        public void testKt14989() throws Exception {
+            String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/boxAgainstJava/platformTypes/kt14989.kt");
+            doTest(fileName);
+        }
+
         @TestMetadata("specializedMapFull.kt")
         public void testSpecializedMapFull() throws Exception {
             String fileName = KotlinTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/boxAgainstJava/platformTypes/specializedMapFull.kt");