diff --git a/platform/workspaceModel/storage/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/storage/impl/EntityStorageSerializerImpl.kt b/platform/workspaceModel/storage/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/storage/impl/EntityStorageSerializerImpl.kt
index 589dd93fbb28..3cc53fd56b7d 100644
--- a/platform/workspaceModel/storage/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/storage/impl/EntityStorageSerializerImpl.kt
+++ b/platform/workspaceModel/storage/src/com/intellij/workspaceModel/storage/impl/EntityStorageSerializerImpl.kt
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ class EntityStorageSerializerImpl(
       registerSingletonSerializer(kryo) {
         val resolvedClass = typesResolver.resolveClass(objectClass.name, objectClass.pluginId)
         classCache.putIfAbsent(objectClass, resolvedClass.toClassId())
-        resolvedClass.kotlin.objectInstance!!
+        resolvedClass.getDeclaredField("INSTANCE").get(0)
       }
     }