diff --git a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/Increment.java b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/Increment.java
index 742b87f8122..d6e9cec9196 100644
--- a/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/Increment.java
+++ b/compiler/backend/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/Increment.java
@@ -54,19 +54,15 @@ public class Increment extends IntrinsicMethod {
         assert isPrimitive(returnType) : "Return type of Increment intrinsic should be of primitive type : " + returnType;
 
         if (arguments.size() > 0) {
-            JetExpression operand = JetPsiUtil.deparenthesize(arguments.get(0));
-            if (operand instanceof JetReferenceExpression && returnType == Type.INT_TYPE) {
-                int index = codegen.indexOfLocal((JetReferenceExpression) operand);
-                if (index >= 0) {
-                    JetType operandType = codegen.getBindingContext().get(EXPRESSION_TYPE, operand);
-                    if (operandType != null && KotlinBuiltIns.getInstance().isPrimitiveType(operandType)) {
-                        StackValue.preIncrementForLocalVar(index, myDelta).put(returnType, v);
-                        return returnType;
-                    }
-                }
+            JetExpression operand = arguments.get(0);
+            StackValue stackValue = codegen.genQualified(receiver, operand);
+            StackValue result;
+            if (stackValue instanceof StackValue.Local && Type.INT_TYPE.equals(stackValue.type)) {
+                result = StackValue.preIncrementForLocalVar(((StackValue.Local) stackValue).index, myDelta);
+            } else {
+                result = StackValue.preIncrement(returnType, stackValue, myDelta, this, null, codegen);
             }
-            StackValue value = StackValue.preIncrement(returnType, codegen.genQualified(receiver, operand), myDelta, this, null, codegen);
-            value.put(returnType, v);
+            result.put(returnType, v);
         }
         else {
             receiver.put(returnType, v);
diff --git a/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/prefixIntVarIncrement.kt b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/prefixIntVarIncrement.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e0036aa566d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/prefixIntVarIncrement.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    var i = 10
+    ++i
+    ++(@l i)
+    ++(i: Int)
+    ++(@l (i: Int))
+}
+
+// 4 IINC
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
index 724ce59c5a9..e1791454970 100644
--- a/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
+++ b/compiler/tests/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/BytecodeTextTestGenerated.java
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ public class BytecodeTextTestGenerated extends AbstractBytecodeTextTest {
         doTest(fileName);
     }
 
+    @TestMetadata("prefixIntVarIncrement.kt")
+    public void testPrefixIntVarIncrement() throws Exception {
+        String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/prefixIntVarIncrement.kt");
+        doTest(fileName);
+    }
+
     @TestMetadata("privateDefaultArgs.kt")
     public void testPrivateDefaultArgs() throws Exception {
         String fileName = JetTestUtils.navigationMetadata("compiler/testData/codegen/bytecodeText/privateDefaultArgs.kt");