diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Analyzer.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Analyzer.scala
index ec58f8863e6..3ca7b7a1538 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Analyzer.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/typechecker/Analyzer.scala
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@
 package scala.tools.nsc
 package typechecker
 
+import scala.collection.mutable
 import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayDeque
+import scala.reflect.internal.util.JavaClearable
 
 /** Defines the sub-components for the namer, packageobjects, and typer phases.
  */
@@ -55,7 +57,13 @@ trait Analyzer extends AnyRef
   object packageObjects extends {
     val global: Analyzer.this.global.type = Analyzer.this.global
   } with SubComponent {
-    val deferredOpen = perRunCaches.newSet[Symbol]()
+    val deferredOpen: mutable.Set[Symbol] = {
+      import scala.jdk.CollectionConverters._
+      // This will throw a ConcurrentModificationException if we mutate during iteration
+      val javaSet = new java.util.LinkedHashSet[Symbol]()
+      perRunCaches.recordCache(JavaClearable.forCollection(javaSet))
+      javaSet.asScala
+    }
     val phaseName = "packageobjects"
     val runsAfter = List[String]()
     val runsRightAfter= Some("namer")
@@ -80,8 +88,18 @@ trait Analyzer extends AnyRef
 
       def apply(unit: CompilationUnit): Unit = {
         openPackageObjectsTraverser(unit.body)
-        deferredOpen.foreach(openPackageModule(_))
-        deferredOpen.clear()
+      }
+
+      override def run(): Unit = {
+        super.run()
+
+        for (sym <- deferredOpen.toVector) {
+          if (deferredOpen.remove(sym)) {
+            // this can remove entries from `deferredOpen`, hence the copy to a vector
+            // and the check of `remove` return value
+            openPackageModule(sym)
+          }
+        }
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/test/files/pos/package-object-deferred-load-bug/A_1.scala b/test/files/pos/package-object-deferred-load-bug/A_1.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2597aff42d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/pos/package-object-deferred-load-bug/A_1.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package p1 {
+  package x_01 { object zappo {}}
+
+  package x_64 {
+    object zappo {}
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/files/pos/package-object-deferred-load-bug/A_2.scala b/test/files/pos/package-object-deferred-load-bug/A_2.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f40038de1a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/pos/package-object-deferred-load-bug/A_2.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package p1 {
+  import x_64._
+  package x_01 {
+    object blerg extends AnyRef {}
+  }
+
+  package x_64 {
+    object blerg {}
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/files/pos/package-object-deferred-load-bug/B_2.scala b/test/files/pos/package-object-deferred-load-bug/B_2.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b39bbae9da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/pos/package-object-deferred-load-bug/B_2.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package p1 {
+  import x_64._
+  package x_01 {
+    object `package` extends AnyRef { def m = "m "}
+  }
+
+  package x_64 {
+    object `package` { def m = "m" }
+  }
+}