diff --git a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-kotlin-as-java/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/kotlinAsJava/converters/KotlinToJavaConverter.kt b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-kotlin-as-java/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/kotlinAsJava/converters/KotlinToJavaConverter.kt
index b565164511..d698b0b18e 100644
--- a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-kotlin-as-java/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/kotlinAsJava/converters/KotlinToJavaConverter.kt
+++ b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-kotlin-as-java/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/dokka/kotlinAsJava/converters/KotlinToJavaConverter.kt
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ public class KotlinToJavaConverter(
      * Companion objects requires some custom logic for rendering as Java.
      * They are excluded from usual classlikes rendering and added after.
      */
-    internal fun DClass.classlikesInJava(): List<DClasslike> {
+    internal fun <T> T.classlikesInJava(): List<DClasslike> where T : DClasslike, T : WithCompanion {
         val classlikes = classlikes
             .filter { it.name != companion?.name }
             .map { it.asJava() }
@@ -442,9 +442,10 @@ public class KotlinToJavaConverter(
             .filterNot { it.hasJvmSynthetic() }
             .flatMap { it.asJava(dri.classNames ?: name) },
         properties = emptyList(),
-        classlikes = classlikes.map { it.asJava() }, // TODO: public static final class DefaultImpls with impls for methods
+        classlikes = classlikesInJava(), // TODO: public static final class DefaultImpls with impls for methods
         generics = generics.map { it.asJava() },
-        supertypes = supertypes.mapValues { it.value.map { it.asJava() } }
+        supertypes = supertypes.mapValues { it.value.map { it.asJava() } },
+        companion = companion?.companionAsJava()
     )
 
     internal fun DAnnotation.asJava(): DAnnotation = copy(
diff --git a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-kotlin-as-java/src/test/kotlin/kotlinAsJavaPlugin/CompanionAsJavaTest.kt b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-kotlin-as-java/src/test/kotlin/kotlinAsJavaPlugin/CompanionAsJavaTest.kt
index 667e9ffc32..5332ef6316 100644
--- a/dokka-subprojects/plugin-kotlin-as-java/src/test/kotlin/kotlinAsJavaPlugin/CompanionAsJavaTest.kt
+++ b/dokka-subprojects/plugin-kotlin-as-java/src/test/kotlin/kotlinAsJavaPlugin/CompanionAsJavaTest.kt
@@ -224,6 +224,29 @@ class CompanionAsJavaTest : BaseAbstractTest() {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    fun `interface companion should not be rendered when companion is not rendered`() {
+        testInline(
+            """
+            |/src/main/kotlin/kotlinAsJavaPlugin/sample.kt
+            |package kotlinAsJavaPlugin
+            |interface MyInterface {
+            |    companion object $COMPANION_NAME {
+            |       @JvmStatic fun staticFun(): String = ""
+            |    }
+            |}
+        """.trimMargin(),
+            configuration,
+        ) {
+            documentablesTransformationStage = { module ->
+                val parentInterface = module.packages.flatMap { it.classlikes }
+                    .firstOrNull { it.name == "MyInterface" } as DInterface
+
+                assertCompanionNotRendered(parentInterface)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     fun `companion object with nested classes is rendered`() {
         testInline(
@@ -521,7 +544,7 @@ private fun assertCompanionRendered(parentClass: DClass) {
     )
 }
 
-private fun assertCompanionNotRendered(parentClass: DClass) {
+private fun <T> assertCompanionNotRendered(parentClass: T) where T : DClasslike, T : WithCompanion {
     assertNull(parentClass.companion, "Companion should be null")
     assertTrue(
         parentClass.classlikes.none { it.name == COMPANION_NAME },