diff --git a/base/boot.jl b/base/boot.jl
index 33b2cd07688ad..399fa1cdaf1ff 100644
--- a/base/boot.jl
+++ b/base/boot.jl
@@ -524,12 +524,12 @@ module IR
 export CodeInfo, MethodInstance, CodeInstance, GotoNode, GotoIfNot, ReturnNode,
     NewvarNode, SSAValue, Slot, SlotNumber, TypedSlot, Argument,
     PiNode, PhiNode, PhiCNode, UpsilonNode, LineInfoNode,
-    Const, PartialStruct
+    Const, PartialStruct, InterConditional, PartialOpaque
 
 import Core: CodeInfo, MethodInstance, CodeInstance, GotoNode, GotoIfNot, ReturnNode,
     NewvarNode, SSAValue, Slot, SlotNumber, TypedSlot, Argument,
     PiNode, PhiNode, PhiCNode, UpsilonNode, LineInfoNode,
-    Const, PartialStruct
+    Const, PartialStruct, InterConditional, PartialOpaque
 
 end
 
diff --git a/base/compiler/optimize.jl b/base/compiler/optimize.jl
index 98d48909a5e24..ddf739d104809 100644
--- a/base/compiler/optimize.jl
+++ b/base/compiler/optimize.jl
@@ -179,29 +179,28 @@ function ir_to_codeinf!(opt::OptimizationState)
     optdef = linfo.def
     replace_code_newstyle!(src, opt.ir::IRCode, isa(optdef, Method) ? Int(optdef.nargs) : 0)
     opt.ir = nothing
-    widen_all_consts!(src)
+    widencompileronly!(src)
+    src.rettype = widenconst(src.rettype)
     src.inferred = true
     # finish updating the result struct
     validate_code_in_debug_mode(linfo, src, "optimized")
     return src
 end
 
-# widen all Const elements in type annotations
-function widen_all_consts!(src::CodeInfo)
+# widen extended lattice elements in type annotations so that they are recognizable by the codegen system.
+function widencompileronly!(src::CodeInfo)
     ssavaluetypes = src.ssavaluetypes::Vector{Any}
     for i = 1:length(ssavaluetypes)
-        ssavaluetypes[i] = widenconst(ssavaluetypes[i])
+        ssavaluetypes[i] = widencompileronly(ssavaluetypes[i])
     end
 
     for i = 1:length(src.code)
         x = src.code[i]
         if isa(x, PiNode)
-            src.code[i] = PiNode(x.val, widenconst(x.typ))
+            src.code[i] = PiNode(x.val, widencompileronly(x.typ))
         end
     end
 
-    src.rettype = widenconst(src.rettype)
-
     return src
 end
 
diff --git a/base/compiler/typelattice.jl b/base/compiler/typelattice.jl
index 71675647e5aab..c8429d667b43c 100644
--- a/base/compiler/typelattice.jl
+++ b/base/compiler/typelattice.jl
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ const AnyConditional = Union{Conditional,InterConditional}
 Conditional(cnd::InterConditional) = Conditional(cnd.slot, cnd.thentype, cnd.elsetype)
 InterConditional(cnd::Conditional) = InterConditional(cnd.slot, cnd.thentype, cnd.elsetype)
 
+# TODO make `MustAlias` and `InterMustAlias` recognizable by the codegen system
+
 """
     alias::MustAlias
 
@@ -668,6 +670,33 @@ function tmeet(lattice::OptimizerLattice, @nospecialize(v), @nospecialize(t::Typ
     tmeet(widenlattice(lattice), v, t)
 end
 
+"""
+    is_core_extended_info(t) -> Bool
+
+Check if extended lattice element `t` is recognizable by the runtime/codegen system.
+
+See also the implementation of `jl_widen_core_extended_info` in jltypes.c.
+"""
+function is_core_extended_info(@nospecialize t)
+    isa(t, Type) && return true
+    isa(t, Const) && return true
+    isa(t, PartialStruct) && return true
+    isa(t, InterConditional) && return true
+    # TODO isa(t, InterMustAlias) && return true
+    isa(t, PartialOpaque) && return true
+    return false
+end
+
+"""
+    widencompileronly(t) -> wt::Any
+
+Widen the extended lattice element `x` so that `wt` is recognizable by the runtime/codegen system.
+"""
+function widencompileronly(@nospecialize t)
+    is_core_extended_info(t) && return t
+    return widenconst(t)
+end
+
 """
     widenconst(x) -> t::Type
 
diff --git a/base/opaque_closure.jl b/base/opaque_closure.jl
index 2bccd613d0009..707550cd2a444 100644
--- a/base/opaque_closure.jl
+++ b/base/opaque_closure.jl
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ function Core.OpaqueClosure(ir::IRCode, env...;
     src.slotnames = fill(:none, nargs+1)
     src.slottypes = copy(ir.argtypes)
     Core.Compiler.replace_code_newstyle!(src, ir, nargs+1)
-    Core.Compiler.widen_all_consts!(src)
+    Core.Compiler.widencompileronly!(src)
     src.inferred = true
     # NOTE: we need ir.argtypes[1] == typeof(env)
 
diff --git a/src/ccall.cpp b/src/ccall.cpp
index f1fe94a0d0ede..10f0ba0d2e8bc 100644
--- a/src/ccall.cpp
+++ b/src/ccall.cpp
@@ -763,7 +763,8 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_llvmcall(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t **args, size_t nar
         return jl_cgval_t();
     }
     if (jl_is_ssavalue(args[2]) && !jl_is_long(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes)) {
-        jl_value_t *rtt = jl_arrayref((jl_array_t*)ctx.source->ssavaluetypes, ((jl_ssavalue_t*)args[2])->id - 1);
+        jl_value_t *rtt = jl_widen_core_extended_info(
+            jl_arrayref((jl_array_t*)ctx.source->ssavaluetypes, ((jl_ssavalue_t*)args[2])->id - 1));
         if (jl_is_type_type(rtt))
             rt = jl_tparam0(rtt);
     }
@@ -776,7 +777,8 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_llvmcall(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t **args, size_t nar
         }
     }
     if (jl_is_ssavalue(args[3]) && !jl_is_long(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes)) {
-        jl_value_t *att = jl_arrayref((jl_array_t*)ctx.source->ssavaluetypes, ((jl_ssavalue_t*)args[3])->id - 1);
+        jl_value_t *att = jl_widen_core_extended_info(
+            jl_arrayref((jl_array_t*)ctx.source->ssavaluetypes, ((jl_ssavalue_t*)args[3])->id - 1));
         if (jl_is_type_type(att))
             at = jl_tparam0(att);
     }
diff --git a/src/codegen.cpp b/src/codegen.cpp
index b37364ef80a27..5b173d3930584 100644
--- a/src/codegen.cpp
+++ b/src/codegen.cpp
@@ -4501,7 +4501,7 @@ static void emit_phinode_assign(jl_codectx_t &ctx, ssize_t idx, jl_value_t *r)
     jl_value_t *ssavalue_types = (jl_value_t*)ctx.source->ssavaluetypes;
     jl_value_t *phiType = NULL;
     if (jl_is_array(ssavalue_types)) {
-        phiType = jl_array_ptr_ref(ssavalue_types, idx);
+        phiType = jl_widen_core_extended_info(jl_array_ptr_ref(ssavalue_types, idx));
     } else {
         phiType = (jl_value_t*)jl_any_type;
     }
@@ -4610,7 +4610,7 @@ static void emit_ssaval_assign(jl_codectx_t &ctx, ssize_t ssaidx_0based, jl_valu
         // e.g. sometimes the information is inconsistent after inlining getfield on a Tuple
         jl_value_t *ssavalue_types = (jl_value_t*)ctx.source->ssavaluetypes;
         if (jl_is_array(ssavalue_types)) {
-            jl_value_t *declType = jl_array_ptr_ref(ssavalue_types, ssaidx_0based);
+            jl_value_t *declType = jl_widen_core_extended_info(jl_array_ptr_ref(ssavalue_types, ssaidx_0based));
             if (declType != slot.typ) {
                 slot = update_julia_type(ctx, slot, declType);
             }
@@ -4949,7 +4949,7 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_expr(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t *expr, ssize_t ssaidx_
     }
     if (jl_is_pinode(expr)) {
         Value *skip = NULL;
-        return convert_julia_type(ctx, emit_expr(ctx, jl_fieldref_noalloc(expr, 0)), jl_fieldref_noalloc(expr, 1), &skip);
+        return convert_julia_type(ctx, emit_expr(ctx, jl_fieldref_noalloc(expr, 0)), jl_widen_core_extended_info(jl_fieldref_noalloc(expr, 1)), &skip);
     }
     if (!jl_is_expr(expr)) {
         jl_value_t *val = expr;
@@ -4987,13 +4987,13 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_expr(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t *expr, ssize_t ssaidx_
     else if (head == jl_invoke_sym) {
         assert(ssaidx_0based >= 0);
         jl_value_t *expr_t = jl_is_long(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes) ? (jl_value_t*)jl_any_type :
-            jl_array_ptr_ref(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes, ssaidx_0based);
+            jl_widen_core_extended_info(jl_array_ptr_ref(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes, ssaidx_0based));
         return emit_invoke(ctx, ex, expr_t);
     }
     else if (head == jl_invoke_modify_sym) {
         assert(ssaidx_0based >= 0);
         jl_value_t *expr_t = jl_is_long(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes) ? (jl_value_t*)jl_any_type :
-            jl_array_ptr_ref(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes, ssaidx_0based);
+            jl_widen_core_extended_info(jl_array_ptr_ref(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes, ssaidx_0based));
         return emit_invoke_modify(ctx, ex, expr_t);
     }
     else if (head == jl_call_sym) {
@@ -5003,7 +5003,8 @@ static jl_cgval_t emit_expr(jl_codectx_t &ctx, jl_value_t *expr, ssize_t ssaidx_
             // TODO: this case is needed for the call to emit_expr in emit_llvmcall
             expr_t = (jl_value_t*)jl_any_type;
         else {
-            expr_t = jl_is_long(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes) ? (jl_value_t*)jl_any_type : jl_array_ptr_ref(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes, ssaidx_0based);
+            expr_t = jl_is_long(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes) ? (jl_value_t*)jl_any_type :
+                jl_widen_core_extended_info(jl_array_ptr_ref(ctx.source->ssavaluetypes, ssaidx_0based));
             is_promotable = ctx.ssavalue_usecount.at(ssaidx_0based) == 1;
         }
         jl_cgval_t res = emit_call(ctx, ex, expr_t, is_promotable);
@@ -7114,7 +7115,7 @@ static jl_llvm_functions_t
                 }
                 jl_varinfo_t &vi = (ctx.phic_slots.emplace(i, jl_varinfo_t(ctx.builder.getContext())).first->second =
                                     jl_varinfo_t(ctx.builder.getContext()));
-                jl_value_t *typ = jl_array_ptr_ref(src->ssavaluetypes, i);
+                jl_value_t *typ = jl_widen_core_extended_info(jl_array_ptr_ref(src->ssavaluetypes, i));
                 vi.used = true;
                 vi.isVolatile = true;
                 vi.value = mark_julia_type(ctx, (Value*)NULL, false, typ);
diff --git a/src/interpreter.c b/src/interpreter.c
index cf9ddd5b50630..3a3e270c3a552 100644
--- a/src/interpreter.c
+++ b/src/interpreter.c
@@ -209,8 +209,10 @@ static jl_value_t *eval_value(jl_value_t *e, interpreter_state *s)
     if (jl_is_pinode(e)) {
         jl_value_t *val = eval_value(jl_fieldref_noalloc(e, 0), s);
 #ifndef JL_NDEBUG
-        JL_GC_PUSH1(&val);
-        jl_typeassert(val, jl_fieldref_noalloc(e, 1));
+        jl_value_t *typ = NULL;
+        JL_GC_PUSH2(&val, &typ);
+        typ = jl_widen_core_extended_info(jl_fieldref_noalloc(e, 1));
+        jl_typeassert(val, typ);
         JL_GC_POP();
 #endif
         return val;
diff --git a/src/jltypes.c b/src/jltypes.c
index 253768ad07503..2b83c6396aa1e 100644
--- a/src/jltypes.c
+++ b/src/jltypes.c
@@ -2015,6 +2015,28 @@ void jl_reinstantiate_inner_types(jl_datatype_t *t) // can throw!
     }
 }
 
+// Widens "core" extended lattice element `t` to the native `Type` representation.
+// The implementation of this function should sync with those of the corresponding `widenconst`s.
+JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_widen_core_extended_info(jl_value_t *t)
+{
+    jl_value_t* tt = jl_typeof(t);
+    if (tt == (jl_value_t*)jl_const_type) {
+        jl_value_t* val = jl_fieldref_noalloc(t, 0);
+        if (jl_isa(val, (jl_value_t*)jl_type_type))
+            return (jl_value_t*)jl_wrap_Type(val);
+        else
+            return jl_typeof(val);
+    }
+    else if (tt == (jl_value_t*)jl_partial_struct_type)
+        return (jl_value_t*)jl_fieldref_noalloc(t, 0);
+    else if (tt == (jl_value_t*)jl_interconditional_type)
+        return (jl_value_t*)jl_bool_type;
+    else if (tt == (jl_value_t*)jl_partial_opaque_type)
+        return (jl_value_t*)jl_fieldref_noalloc(t, 0);
+    else
+        return t;
+}
+
 // initialization -------------------------------------------------------------
 
 static jl_tvar_t *tvar(const char *name)
diff --git a/src/julia.h b/src/julia.h
index 0164c2e55a4f9..16f55a019d958 100644
--- a/src/julia.h
+++ b/src/julia.h
@@ -1842,7 +1842,6 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_compress_argnames(jl_array_t *syms);
 JL_DLLEXPORT jl_array_t *jl_uncompress_argnames(jl_value_t *syms);
 JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_uncompress_argname_n(jl_value_t *syms, size_t i);
 
-
 JL_DLLEXPORT int jl_is_operator(char *sym);
 JL_DLLEXPORT int jl_is_unary_operator(char *sym);
 JL_DLLEXPORT int jl_is_unary_and_binary_operator(char *sym);
diff --git a/src/julia_internal.h b/src/julia_internal.h
index f310770bdf9b1..5710d430dc8ac 100644
--- a/src/julia_internal.h
+++ b/src/julia_internal.h
@@ -722,6 +722,7 @@ void jl_init_main_module(void);
 JL_DLLEXPORT int jl_is_submodule(jl_module_t *child, jl_module_t *parent) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT;
 jl_array_t *jl_get_loaded_modules(void);
 JL_DLLEXPORT int jl_datatype_isinlinealloc(jl_datatype_t *ty, int pointerfree);
+JL_DLLEXPORT jl_value_t *jl_widen_core_extended_info(jl_value_t *t);
 
 void jl_eval_global_expr(jl_module_t *m, jl_expr_t *ex, int set_type);
 jl_value_t *jl_toplevel_eval_flex(jl_module_t *m, jl_value_t *e, int fast, int expanded);
diff --git a/test/compiler/inference.jl b/test/compiler/inference.jl
index f24124f76e3c7..b610b00f8462d 100644
--- a/test/compiler/inference.jl
+++ b/test/compiler/inference.jl
@@ -4689,3 +4689,15 @@ end
 @test Base.return_types(empty_nt_keys, (Any,)) |> only === Tuple{}
 g() = empty_nt_values(Base.inferencebarrier(Tuple{}))
 @test g() == () # Make sure to actually run this to test this in the inference world age
+
+let # jl_widen_core_extended_info
+    for (extended, widened) = [(Core.Const(42), Int),
+                               (Core.Const(Int), Type{Int}),
+                               (Core.Const(Vector), Type{Vector}),
+                               (Core.PartialStruct(Some{Any}, Any["julia"]), Some{Any}),
+                               (Core.InterConditional(2, Int, Nothing), Bool)]
+        @test @ccall(jl_widen_core_extended_info(extended::Any)::Any) ===
+              Core.Compiler.widenconst(extended) ===
+              widened
+    end
+end