diff --git a/agent/android/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupport.kt b/agent/android/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupport.kt
index 961634ead..5f6ca43c4 100644
--- a/agent/android/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupport.kt
+++ b/agent/android/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupport.kt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package io.mockk
 import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 import kotlin.reflect.KProperty1
 import kotlin.reflect.full.declaredMemberProperties
-import kotlin.reflect.full.primaryConstructor
 import kotlin.reflect.jvm.isAccessible
+import kotlin.reflect.jvm.javaField
 
 // TODO this class is copy-pasted and should be de-duplicated
 //      see https://github.com/mockk/mockk/issues/857
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ private val <T : Any> KClass<T>.boxedProperty: KProperty1<T, *>
     get() = if (!this.isValue_safe) {
         throw UnsupportedOperationException("$this is not a value class")
     } else {
-        // value classes always have exactly one property
         @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
         valueClassFieldCache.getOrPut(this) {
-            this.declaredMemberProperties.first().apply { isAccessible = true }
+            // value classes always have exactly one property with a backing field
+            this.declaredMemberProperties.first { it.javaField != null }.apply { isAccessible = true }
         } as KProperty1<T, *>
     }
 
diff --git a/agent/jvm/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupport.kt b/agent/jvm/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupport.kt
index 961634ead..5f6ca43c4 100644
--- a/agent/jvm/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupport.kt
+++ b/agent/jvm/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupport.kt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ package io.mockk
 import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 import kotlin.reflect.KProperty1
 import kotlin.reflect.full.declaredMemberProperties
-import kotlin.reflect.full.primaryConstructor
 import kotlin.reflect.jvm.isAccessible
+import kotlin.reflect.jvm.javaField
 
 // TODO this class is copy-pasted and should be de-duplicated
 //      see https://github.com/mockk/mockk/issues/857
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ private val <T : Any> KClass<T>.boxedProperty: KProperty1<T, *>
     get() = if (!this.isValue_safe) {
         throw UnsupportedOperationException("$this is not a value class")
     } else {
-        // value classes always have exactly one property
         @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
         valueClassFieldCache.getOrPut(this) {
-            this.declaredMemberProperties.first().apply { isAccessible = true }
+            // value classes always have exactly one property with a backing field
+            this.declaredMemberProperties.first { it.javaField != null }.apply { isAccessible = true }
         } as KProperty1<T, *>
     }
 
diff --git a/dsl/jvm/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupportDsl.kt b/dsl/jvm/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupportDsl.kt
index 650c7aeca..9ad287209 100644
--- a/dsl/jvm/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupportDsl.kt
+++ b/dsl/jvm/src/main/kotlin/io/mockk/ValueClassSupportDsl.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import kotlin.reflect.KClass
 import kotlin.reflect.KProperty1
 import kotlin.reflect.full.declaredMemberProperties
 import kotlin.reflect.jvm.isAccessible
+import kotlin.reflect.jvm.javaField
 
 /**
  * Provides value class support in the `mockk-dsl-jvm` subproject.
@@ -50,10 +51,10 @@ internal object ValueClassSupportDsl {
         get() = if (!this.isValue_safe) {
             throw UnsupportedOperationException("$this is not a value class")
         } else {
-            // value classes always have exactly one property
             @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
             valueClassFieldCache.getOrPut(this) {
-                this.declaredMemberProperties.first().apply { isAccessible = true }
+                // value classes always have exactly one property with a backing field
+                this.declaredMemberProperties.first { it.javaField != null }.apply { isAccessible = true }
             } as KProperty1<T, *>
         }
 
diff --git a/mockk/common/src/test/kotlin/io/mockk/it/ValueClassTest.kt b/mockk/common/src/test/kotlin/io/mockk/it/ValueClassTest.kt
index b95d04231..84a74d3bd 100644
--- a/mockk/common/src/test/kotlin/io/mockk/it/ValueClassTest.kt
+++ b/mockk/common/src/test/kotlin/io/mockk/it/ValueClassTest.kt
@@ -476,13 +476,27 @@ class ValueClassTest {
 
         assertEquals("example", result)
     }
-    //</editor-fold>
-    //</editor-fold>
+
+    @Test
+    fun `result value`() {
+        val givenResult = DummyValue(42)
+
+        val mock = mockk<DummyService> {
+            every { returnValueClass() } returns givenResult
+        }
+
+        val result = mock.returnValueClass()
+
+        assertEquals(givenResult, result)
+    }
 
     companion object {
 
         @JvmInline
-        value class DummyValue(val value: Int)
+        value class DummyValue(val value: Int) {
+            // field without backing field
+            val text: String get() = value.toString()
+        }
 
         @JvmInline
         value class DummyValueWrapper(val value: DummyValue)
@@ -501,6 +515,8 @@ class ValueClassTest {
             fun argValueClassReturnValueClass(valueClass: DummyValue): DummyValue =
                 DummyValue(0)
 
+            fun returnValueClass(): DummyValue =
+                DummyValue(0)
 
             fun argNoneReturnsUInt(): UInt = 123u
         }