diff --git a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/ModifiersChecker.kt b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/ModifiersChecker.kt
index 8dd82d28a15..3f821e1d481 100644
--- a/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/ModifiersChecker.kt
+++ b/compiler/frontend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/resolve/ModifiersChecker.kt
@@ -421,9 +421,12 @@ object ModifierCheckerCore {
         actualTargets: List<KotlinTarget>,
         languageVersionSettings: LanguageVersionSettings
     ) {
+        if (list.stub != null) return
+
         // It's a list of all nodes with error already reported
         // General strategy: report no more than one error but any number of warnings
         val incorrectNodes = hashSetOf<ASTNode>()
+
         val children = list.node.getChildren(MODIFIER_KEYWORD_SET)
         for (second in children) {
             for (first in children) {