diff --git a/js/js.inliner/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/inline/FunctionInlineMutator.java b/js/js.inliner/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/inline/FunctionInlineMutator.java
index 7ef48222970..c9221ca3368 100644
--- a/js/js.inliner/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/inline/FunctionInlineMutator.java
+++ b/js/js.inliner/src/org/jetbrains/k2js/inline/FunctionInlineMutator.java
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ class FunctionInlineMutator {
         renameLocalNames(namingContext, invokedFunction);
 
         if (canBeExpression(body)) {
-            doDirectInline();
+            resultExpr = asExpression(body);
+            body.getStatements().clear();
+            /** JsExpression can be immutable, so need to reassign */
+            resultExpr = (JsExpression) namingContext.applyRenameTo(resultExpr);
         } else {
             processReturns();
             namingContext.applyRenameTo(body);
@@ -116,11 +119,6 @@ class FunctionInlineMutator {
         }
     }
 
-    private void doDirectInline() {
-        resultExpr = asExpression(body);
-        body.getStatements().clear();
-    }
-
     private void doReplaceReturns(int returnCount) {
         JsReturn returnOnTop = ContainerUtil.findInstance(body.getStatements(), JsReturn.class);
         boolean hasReturnOnTopLevel = returnOnTop != null;