diff --git a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/AbstractCompilerAwareTest.java b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/AbstractCompilerAwareTest.java
index e22d303b46d1..9d3e8cdb8e35 100644
--- a/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/AbstractCompilerAwareTest.java
+++ b/java/java-tests/testSrc/com/intellij/java/codeInsight/completion/AbstractCompilerAwareTest.java
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractCompilerAwareTest extends JavaCodeInsightFixtureTe
 
   protected void rebuildProject() {
     for (final CompilerMessage compilerMessage : myCompilerTester.rebuild()) {
+      if (compilerMessage.getMessage().contains("Kotlin compile daemon is ready")) {
+        // For Kotlin, this error does not indicate that the compilation failed and can be ignored.
+        // It will start a second daemon that should compile the project correctly.
+        // See KT-69929
+        continue;
+      }
       assertNotSame("File: " + compilerMessage.getVirtualFile() + ", " + compilerMessage.getMessage(),
                     CompilerMessageCategory.ERROR, compilerMessage.getCategory());
     }