diff --git a/src/gc.c b/src/gc.c
index 3c1c69b6493c2..71d66a3eefff6 100644
--- a/src/gc.c
+++ b/src/gc.c
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ JL_DLLEXPORT void jl_gc_queue_root(const jl_value_t *ptr)
     // which is not idempotent. See comments in https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/50419
     uintptr_t header = jl_atomic_fetch_and_relaxed((_Atomic(uintptr_t) *)&o->header, ~GC_OLD);
     if (header & GC_OLD) { // write barrier has not been triggered in this object yet
-        arraylist_push(ptls->heap.remset, (jl_value_t*)ptr);
+        arraylist_push(&ptls->heap.remset, (jl_value_t*)ptr);
         ptls->heap.remset_nptr++; // conservative
     }
 }
@@ -2002,7 +2002,7 @@ STATIC_INLINE void gc_mark_push_remset(jl_ptls_t ptls, jl_value_t *obj,
 {
     if (__unlikely((nptr & 0x3) == 0x3)) {
         ptls->heap.remset_nptr += nptr >> 2;
-        arraylist_t *remset = ptls->heap.remset;
+        arraylist_t *remset = &ptls->heap.remset;
         size_t len = remset->len;
         if (__unlikely(len >= remset->max)) {
             arraylist_push(remset, obj);
@@ -3187,23 +3187,6 @@ void gc_mark_clean_reclaim_sets(void)
     }
 }
 
-static void gc_premark(jl_ptls_t ptls2)
-{
-    arraylist_t *remset = ptls2->heap.remset;
-    ptls2->heap.remset = ptls2->heap.last_remset;
-    ptls2->heap.last_remset = remset;
-    ptls2->heap.remset->len = 0;
-    ptls2->heap.remset_nptr = 0;
-    // avoid counting remembered objects
-    // in `perm_scanned_bytes`
-    size_t len = remset->len;
-    void **items = remset->items;
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-        jl_value_t *item = (jl_value_t *)items[i];
-        jl_astaggedvalue(item)->bits.gc = GC_OLD_MARKED;
-    }
-}
-
 static void gc_queue_thread_local(jl_gc_markqueue_t *mq, jl_ptls_t ptls2)
 {
     jl_task_t *task;
@@ -3247,14 +3230,29 @@ static void gc_queue_bt_buf(jl_gc_markqueue_t *mq, jl_ptls_t ptls2)
     }
 }
 
-static void gc_queue_remset(jl_ptls_t ptls, jl_ptls_t ptls2)
+static void gc_queue_remset(jl_gc_markqueue_t *mq, jl_ptls_t ptls2)
 {
-    size_t len = ptls2->heap.last_remset->len;
-    void **items = ptls2->heap.last_remset->items;
+    void **items = ptls2->heap.remset.items;
+    size_t len = ptls2->heap.remset.len;
     for (size_t i = 0; i < len; i++) {
-        // Tag the pointer to indicate it's in the remset
-        jl_value_t *v = (jl_value_t *)((uintptr_t)items[i] | GC_REMSET_PTR_TAG);
-        gc_ptr_queue_push(&ptls->mark_queue, v);
+        void *_v = items[i];
+        jl_astaggedvalue(_v)->bits.gc = GC_OLD_MARKED;
+        jl_value_t *v = (jl_value_t *)((uintptr_t)_v | GC_REMSET_PTR_TAG);
+        gc_ptr_queue_push(mq, v);
+    }
+    // Don't forget to clear the remset
+    ptls2->heap.remset.len = 0;
+    ptls2->heap.remset_nptr = 0;
+}
+
+static void gc_check_all_remsets_are_empty(void)
+{
+    for (int i = 0; i < gc_n_threads; i++) {
+        jl_ptls_t ptls2 = gc_all_tls_states[i];
+        if (ptls2 != NULL) {
+            assert(ptls2->heap.remset.len == 0);
+            assert(ptls2->heap.remset_nptr == 0);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -3456,15 +3454,6 @@ static int _jl_gc_collect(jl_ptls_t ptls, jl_gc_collection_t collection)
     JL_PROBE_GC_MARK_BEGIN();
     {
         JL_TIMING(GC, GC_Mark);
-
-        // 1. fix GC bits of objects in the remset.
-        assert(gc_n_threads);
-        for (int t_i = 0; t_i < gc_n_threads; t_i++) {
-            jl_ptls_t ptls2 = gc_all_tls_states[t_i];
-            if (ptls2 != NULL)
-                gc_premark(ptls2);
-        }
-
         assert(gc_n_threads);
         int single_threaded_mark = (jl_n_markthreads == 0 || gc_heap_snapshot_enabled);
         for (int t_i = 0; t_i < gc_n_threads; t_i++) {
@@ -3477,17 +3466,18 @@ static int _jl_gc_collect(jl_ptls_t ptls, jl_gc_collection_t collection)
                 mq_dest = &ptls_dest->mark_queue;
             }
             if (ptls2 != NULL) {
-                // 2.1. mark every thread local root
+                // 1.1. mark every thread local root
                 gc_queue_thread_local(mq_dest, ptls2);
-                // 2.2. mark any managed objects in the backtrace buffer
+                // 1.2. mark any managed objects in the backtrace buffer
                 // TODO: treat these as roots for gc_heap_snapshot_record
                 gc_queue_bt_buf(mq_dest, ptls2);
-                // 2.3. mark every object in the `last_remsets` and `rem_binding`
-                gc_queue_remset(ptls_dest, ptls2);
+                // 1.3. mark every object in the remset
+                gc_queue_remset(mq_dest, ptls2);
             }
         }
+        gc_check_all_remsets_are_empty();
 
-        // 3. walk roots
+        // 2. walk roots
         gc_mark_roots(mq);
         if (gc_cblist_root_scanner) {
             gc_invoke_callbacks(jl_gc_cb_root_scanner_t,
@@ -3497,7 +3487,7 @@ static int _jl_gc_collect(jl_ptls_t ptls, jl_gc_collection_t collection)
         gc_mark_loop_barrier();
         gc_mark_clean_reclaim_sets();
 
-        // 4. check for objects to finalize
+        // 3. check for objects to finalize
         clear_weak_refs();
         // Record the length of the marked list since we need to
         // mark the object moved to the marked list from the
@@ -3560,7 +3550,7 @@ static int _jl_gc_collect(jl_ptls_t ptls, jl_gc_collection_t collection)
     gc_num.total_allocd += gc_num.allocd;
     if (!prev_sweep_full)
         promoted_bytes += perm_scanned_bytes - last_perm_scanned_bytes;
-    // 5. next collection decision
+    // 4. next collection decision
     int not_freed_enough = (collection == JL_GC_AUTO) && estimate_freed < (7*(actual_allocd/10));
     int nptr = 0;
     assert(gc_n_threads);
@@ -3619,7 +3609,7 @@ static int _jl_gc_collect(jl_ptls_t ptls, jl_gc_collection_t collection)
         last_long_collect_interval = gc_num.interval;
     }
     scanned_bytes = 0;
-    // 6. start sweeping
+    // 5. start sweeping
     uint64_t start_sweep_time = jl_hrtime();
     JL_PROBE_GC_SWEEP_BEGIN(sweep_full);
     {
@@ -3658,7 +3648,7 @@ static int _jl_gc_collect(jl_ptls_t ptls, jl_gc_collection_t collection)
     }
 
     // sweeping is over
-    // 7. if it is a quick sweep, put back the remembered objects in queued state
+    // 6. if it is a quick sweep, put back the remembered objects in queued state
     // so that we don't trigger the barrier again on them.
     assert(gc_n_threads);
     for (int t_i = 0; t_i < gc_n_threads; t_i++) {
@@ -3666,13 +3656,13 @@ static int _jl_gc_collect(jl_ptls_t ptls, jl_gc_collection_t collection)
         if (ptls2 == NULL)
             continue;
         if (!sweep_full) {
-            for (int i = 0; i < ptls2->heap.remset->len; i++) {
-                void *ptr = ptls2->heap.remset->items[i];
+            for (int i = 0; i < ptls2->heap.remset.len; i++) {
+                void *ptr = ptls2->heap.remset.items[i];
                 jl_astaggedvalue(ptr)->bits.gc = GC_MARKED;
             }
         }
         else {
-            ptls2->heap.remset->len = 0;
+            ptls2->heap.remset.len = 0;
         }
     }
 
@@ -3887,10 +3877,7 @@ void jl_init_thread_heap(jl_ptls_t ptls)
     heap->mallocarrays = NULL;
     heap->mafreelist = NULL;
     heap->big_objects = NULL;
-    heap->remset = &heap->_remset[0];
-    heap->last_remset = &heap->_remset[1];
-    arraylist_new(heap->remset, 0);
-    arraylist_new(heap->last_remset, 0);
+    arraylist_new(&heap->remset, 0);
     arraylist_new(&ptls->finalizers, 0);
     arraylist_new(&ptls->sweep_objs, 0);
 
diff --git a/src/julia_threads.h b/src/julia_threads.h
index f6dbb7763b63e..9bca500604b0e 100644
--- a/src/julia_threads.h
+++ b/src/julia_threads.h
@@ -153,12 +153,10 @@ typedef struct {
     // variables for tracking big objects
     struct _bigval_t *big_objects;
 
-    // variables for tracking "remembered set"
-    arraylist_t _remset[2]; // contains jl_value_t*
     // lower bound of the number of pointers inside remembered values
     int remset_nptr;
-    arraylist_t *remset;
-    arraylist_t *last_remset;
+    // remembered set
+    arraylist_t remset;
 
     // variables for allocating objects from pools
 #define JL_GC_N_MAX_POOLS 51 // conservative. must be kept in sync with `src/julia_internal.h`