diff --git a/atomicfu-transformer/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/atomicfu/transformer/AsmUtil.kt b/atomicfu-transformer/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/atomicfu/transformer/AsmUtil.kt
index 7587e466..ba08fbc3 100644
--- a/atomicfu-transformer/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/atomicfu/transformer/AsmUtil.kt
+++ b/atomicfu-transformer/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/atomicfu/transformer/AsmUtil.kt
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ val AbstractInsnNode?.thisOrPrevUseful: AbstractInsnNode?
         return cur
     }
 
+fun getInsnOrNull(from: AbstractInsnNode?, to: AbstractInsnNode?, predicate: (AbstractInsnNode) -> Boolean): AbstractInsnNode? {
+    var cur: AbstractInsnNode? = from?.next
+    while (cur != null && cur != to && !predicate(cur)) cur = cur.next
+    return cur
+}
+
 private fun AbstractInsnNode?.isUseless() = this is LabelNode || this is LineNumberNode || this is FrameNode
 
 fun InsnList.listUseful(limit: Int = Int.MAX_VALUE): List<AbstractInsnNode> {
diff --git a/atomicfu-transformer/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/atomicfu/transformer/AtomicFUTransformer.kt b/atomicfu-transformer/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/atomicfu/transformer/AtomicFUTransformer.kt
index 3263f2f8..59f42f72 100644
--- a/atomicfu-transformer/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/atomicfu/transformer/AtomicFUTransformer.kt
+++ b/atomicfu-transformer/src/main/kotlin/kotlinx/atomicfu/transformer/AtomicFUTransformer.kt
@@ -1320,11 +1320,15 @@ class AtomicFUTransformer(
                             i.name = f.name
                         }
                         i.desc = if (vh) VH_TYPE.descriptor else f.fuType.descriptor
+                        val prev = i.previous
                         if (vh && f.getPrimitiveType(vh).sort == ARRAY) {
-                            return insertPureVhArray(i, f)
+                            return getInsnOrNull(from = prev, to = insertPureVhArray(i, f)) { it.isAtomicGetFieldOrGetStatic() }
                         }
                         transformed = true
-                        return fixupLoadedAtomicVar(f, i)
+                        // in order not to skip the transformation of atomic field loads
+                        // check if there are any nested between the current atomic field load instruction i and it's transformed operation
+                        // and return the first one
+                        return getInsnOrNull(from = prev, to = fixupLoadedAtomicVar(f, i)) { it.isAtomicGetFieldOrGetStatic() }
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -1356,6 +1360,10 @@ class AtomicFUTransformer(
             return j.next
         }
 
+        private fun AbstractInsnNode.isAtomicGetFieldOrGetStatic() =
+                this is FieldInsnNode && (opcode == GETFIELD || opcode == GETSTATIC) &&
+                        FieldId(owner, name, desc) in fields
+
         private fun AbstractInsnNode.isAtomicGetValueOrSetValue() =
                 isInvokeVirtual() && (getObjectType((this as MethodInsnNode).owner) in AFU_TYPES) &&
                         (name == GET_VALUE || name == SET_VALUE)
diff --git a/atomicfu/src/commonTest/kotlin/kotlinx/atomicfu/test/NestedAtomicFieldLoads.kt b/atomicfu/src/commonTest/kotlin/kotlinx/atomicfu/test/NestedAtomicFieldLoads.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c267815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/atomicfu/src/commonTest/kotlin/kotlinx/atomicfu/test/NestedAtomicFieldLoads.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+package kotlinx.atomicfu.test
+
+import kotlinx.atomicfu.*
+import kotlin.test.*
+
+class NestedAtomicFieldLoads {
+    private val a = atomic(0)
+    private val b = atomic(1)
+    private val c = atomic(2)
+    private val ref = atomic(A(B(70)))
+
+    private val flag = atomic(false)
+
+    private val arr = AtomicIntArray(7)
+
+    private fun foo(arg1: Int, arg2: Int, arg3: Int, arg4: Int): Int = arg1 + arg2 + arg3 + arg4
+
+    private class A(val b: B)
+    private class B(val n: Int)
+
+    @Test
+    fun testNestedGetField() {
+        a.value = b.value + c.value
+        assertEquals(3, a.value)
+        a.value = foo(a.value, b.value, c.value, ref.value.b.n)
+        assertEquals(76, a.value)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testNestedAtomicInvocations() {
+        flag.value = a.compareAndSet(0, 56)
+        assertTrue(flag.value)
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testArrayNestedLoads() {
+        arr[5].value = b.value
+        assertEquals(1, arr[5].value)
+        arr[0].value = foo(arr[5].value, b.value, c.value, ref.value.b.n)
+        assertEquals(74, arr[0].value)
+    }
+}
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