diff --git a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/test/JSTestGenerator.kt b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/test/JSTestGenerator.kt
index 5117849..1bc51b5 100644
--- a/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/test/JSTestGenerator.kt
+++ b/js/js.translator/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/js/translate/test/JSTestGenerator.kt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
     }
 
     private fun ClassDescriptor.instance(context: TranslationContext): JsExpression {
-        return if (isCompanionObject || kind == ClassKind.OBJECT) {
+        return if (kind == ClassKind.OBJECT) {
             ReferenceTranslator.translateAsValueReference(this, context)
         }
         else {