diff --git a/src/staticdata.c b/src/staticdata.c
index ed11bcfc15171..76bb488731a92 100644
--- a/src/staticdata.c
+++ b/src/staticdata.c
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ void *native_functions;   // opaque jl_native_code_desc_t blob used for fetching
 
 // table of struct field addresses to rewrite during saving
 static htable_t field_replace;
+static htable_t relocatable_ext_cis;
 
 // array of definitions for the predefined function pointers
 // (reverse of fptr_to_id)
@@ -693,7 +694,8 @@ static int needs_uniquing(jl_value_t *v) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT
 
 static void record_field_change(jl_value_t **addr, jl_value_t *newval) JL_NOTSAFEPOINT
 {
-    ptrhash_put(&field_replace, (void*)addr, newval);
+    if (*addr != newval)
+        ptrhash_put(&field_replace, (void*)addr, newval);
 }
 
 static jl_value_t *get_replaceable_field(jl_value_t **addr, int mutabl) JL_GC_DISABLED
@@ -836,6 +838,8 @@ static void jl_insert_into_serialization_queue(jl_serializer_state *s, jl_value_
             // TODO: if (ci in ci->defs->cache)
             record_field_change((jl_value_t**)&ci->next, NULL);
         }
+        if (jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&ci->inferred) && !is_relocatable_ci(&relocatable_ext_cis, ci))
+            record_field_change((jl_value_t**)&ci->inferred, jl_nothing);
     }
 
     if (immediate) // must be things that can be recursively handled, and valid as type parameters
@@ -1631,6 +1635,7 @@ static void jl_write_values(jl_serializer_state *s) JL_GC_DISABLED
                         jl_atomic_store_release(&newci->min_world, 1);
                         jl_atomic_store_release(&newci->max_world, 0);
                     }
+                    newci->relocatability = 0;
                 }
                 jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&newci->invoke, NULL);
                 jl_atomic_store_relaxed(&newci->specsigflags, 0);
@@ -2573,7 +2578,7 @@ static void jl_prepare_serialization_data(jl_array_t *mod_array, jl_array_t *new
         *edges = jl_alloc_vec_any(0);
         *method_roots_list = jl_alloc_vec_any(0);
         // Collect the new method roots for external specializations
-        jl_collect_new_roots(*method_roots_list, *new_ext_cis, worklist_key);
+        jl_collect_new_roots(&relocatable_ext_cis, *method_roots_list, *new_ext_cis, worklist_key);
         jl_collect_edges(*edges, *ext_targets, *new_ext_cis, world);
     }
     assert(edges_map == NULL); // jl_collect_edges clears this when done
@@ -2974,6 +2979,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_create_system_image(void **_native_data, jl_array_t *workli
     assert((ct->reentrant_timing & 0b1110) == 0);
     ct->reentrant_timing |= 0b1000;
     if (worklist) {
+        htable_new(&relocatable_ext_cis, 0);
         jl_prepare_serialization_data(mod_array, newly_inferred, jl_worklist_key(worklist),
                                       &extext_methods, &new_ext_cis, &method_roots_list, &ext_targets, &edges);
         if (!emit_split) {
@@ -2990,6 +2996,8 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_create_system_image(void **_native_data, jl_array_t *workli
     jl_save_system_image_to_stream(ff, mod_array, worklist, extext_methods, new_ext_cis, method_roots_list, ext_targets, edges);
     if (_native_data != NULL)
         native_functions = NULL;
+    if (worklist)
+        htable_free(&relocatable_ext_cis);
     // make sure we don't run any Julia code concurrently before this point
     // Re-enable running julia code for postoutput hooks, atexit, etc.
     jl_gc_enable_finalizers(ct, 1);
diff --git a/src/staticdata_utils.c b/src/staticdata_utils.c
index 05fce7cfc4630..8d3d071054083 100644
--- a/src/staticdata_utils.c
+++ b/src/staticdata_utils.c
@@ -209,6 +209,17 @@ static int has_backedge_to_worklist(jl_method_instance_t *mi, htable_t *visited,
     return found;
 }
 
+static int is_relocatable_ci(htable_t *relocatable_ext_cis, jl_code_instance_t *ci)
+{
+    if (!ci->relocatability)
+        return 0;
+    jl_method_instance_t *mi = ci->def;
+    jl_method_t *m = mi->def.method;
+    if (!ptrhash_has(relocatable_ext_cis, ci) && jl_object_in_image((jl_value_t*)m) && (!jl_is_method(m) || jl_object_in_image((jl_value_t*)m->module)))
+        return 0;
+    return 1;
+}
+
 // Given the list of CodeInstances that were inferred during the build, select
 // those that are (1) external, (2) still valid, (3) are inferred to be called
 // from the worklist or explicitly added by a `precompile` statement, and
@@ -258,7 +269,7 @@ static jl_array_t *queue_external_cis(jl_array_t *list)
 }
 
 // New roots for external methods
-static void jl_collect_new_roots(jl_array_t *roots, jl_array_t *new_ext_cis, uint64_t key)
+static void jl_collect_new_roots(htable_t *relocatable_ext_cis, jl_array_t *roots, jl_array_t *new_ext_cis, uint64_t key)
 {
     htable_t mset;
     htable_new(&mset, 0);
@@ -269,6 +280,7 @@ static void jl_collect_new_roots(jl_array_t *roots, jl_array_t *new_ext_cis, uin
         jl_method_t *m = ci->def->def.method;
         assert(jl_is_method(m));
         ptrhash_put(&mset, (void*)m, (void*)m);
+        ptrhash_put(relocatable_ext_cis, (void*)ci, (void*)ci);
     }
     int nwithkey;
     void *const *table = mset.table;
diff --git a/test/precompile.jl b/test/precompile.jl
index 2570a425a03b7..bc6a791627616 100644
--- a/test/precompile.jl
+++ b/test/precompile.jl
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ precompile_test_harness("code caching") do dir
     mi = minternal.specializations::Core.MethodInstance
     @test mi.specTypes == Tuple{typeof(M.getelsize),Vector{Int32}}
     ci = mi.cache
-    @test ci.relocatability == 1
+    @test ci.relocatability == 0
     @test ci.inferred !== nothing
     # ...and that we can add "untracked" roots & non-relocatable CodeInstances to them too
     Base.invokelatest() do