diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java
index 9c434516606..6e89df155d7 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/AsmUtil.java
@@ -546,8 +546,16 @@ public class AsmUtil {
             return NO_FLAG_PACKAGE_PRIVATE;
         }
 
-        if (memberDescriptor instanceof ConstructorDescriptor && isEnumEntry(containingDeclaration)) {
-            return NO_FLAG_PACKAGE_PRIVATE;
+        // the following code is only for PRIVATE visibility of member
+        if (memberDescriptor instanceof ConstructorDescriptor) {
+            if (isEnumEntry(containingDeclaration)) {
+                return NO_FLAG_PACKAGE_PRIVATE;
+            }
+            if (isEnumClass(containingDeclaration)) {
+                //TODO: should be ACC_PRIVATE
+                // see http://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-2680
+                return ACC_PROTECTED;
+            }
         }
 
         return null;
diff --git a/compiler/testData/asJava/lightClasses/DeprecatedEnumEntry.java b/compiler/testData/asJava/lightClasses/DeprecatedEnumEntry.java
index aeaedcd3053..59b6ae766ff 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/asJava/lightClasses/DeprecatedEnumEntry.java
+++ b/compiler/testData/asJava/lightClasses/DeprecatedEnumEntry.java
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ public enum E {
     @kotlin.Deprecated(message = "b")
     Entry3;
 
-    private E() { /* compiled code */ }
+    protected E() { /* compiled code */ }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/inlineClasses/inlineClassTypeParametersInConstructor.txt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/inlineClasses/inlineClassTypeParametersInConstructor.txt
index bdf99817fb4..2518eb1d976 100644
--- a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/inlineClasses/inlineClassTypeParametersInConstructor.txt
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeListing/inlineClasses/inlineClassTypeParametersInConstructor.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public final enum class TestEnum {
     public final static field ANSWER: TestEnum
     private final field z: int
     static method <clinit>(): void
-    private method <init>(p0: java.lang.String, p1: int, p2: int): void
+    protected method <init>(p0: java.lang.String, p1: int, p2: int): void
     public final method getZ(): int
     public static method valueOf(p0: java.lang.String): TestEnum
     public static method values(): TestEnum[]
diff --git a/compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/enum.kt b/compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/enum.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 235310cd3dd..00000000000
--- a/compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/enum.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-enum class Foo {
-    A, B, C
-}
-
-// TESTED_OBJECT_KIND: function
-// TESTED_OBJECTS: Foo, <init>
-// FLAGS: ACC_PRIVATE
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/WriteFlagsTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/WriteFlagsTestGenerated.java
index 84f289e32ac..8357ccf39a6 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/WriteFlagsTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/kotlin/codegen/flags/WriteFlagsTestGenerated.java
@@ -444,11 +444,6 @@ public class WriteFlagsTestGenerated extends AbstractWriteFlagsTest {
                 runTest("compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/classObject.kt");
             }
 
-            @TestMetadata("enum.kt")
-            public void testEnum() throws Exception {
-                runTest("compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/enum.kt");
-            }
-
             @TestMetadata("objectInClass.kt")
             public void testObjectInClass() throws Exception {
                 runTest("compiler/testData/writeFlags/function/constructors/objectInClass.kt");