diff --git a/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/9.0.200.md b/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/9.0.200.md
index f282c6ae800..c7d7b11d770 100644
--- a/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/9.0.200.md
+++ b/docs/release-notes/.FSharp.Compiler.Service/9.0.200.md
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 * Fix internal error when calling 'AddSingleton' and other overloads only differing in generic arity ([PR #17804](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17804))
 * Fix extension methods support for non-reference system assemblies ([PR #17799](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17799))
-* Ensure `frameworkTcImportsCache` mutations are threadsafe. ([PR #17795](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17795))
+* Ensure `frameworkTcImportsCache` mutations are thread-safe. ([PR #17795](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17795))
+* Fix concurrency issue in `ILPreTypeDefImpl`  ([PR #17812](https://github.com/dotnet/fsharp/pull/17812))
 
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/Compiler/AbstractIL/il.fs b/src/Compiler/AbstractIL/il.fs
index 3c70f5eb93f..82faea51c5e 100644
--- a/src/Compiler/AbstractIL/il.fs
+++ b/src/Compiler/AbstractIL/il.fs
@@ -2913,35 +2913,17 @@ and [<NoEquality; NoComparison>] ILPreTypeDef =
 
 /// This is a memory-critical class. Very many of these objects get allocated and held to represent the contents of .NET assemblies.
 and [<Sealed>] ILPreTypeDefImpl(nameSpace: string list, name: string, metadataIndex: int32, storage: ILTypeDefStored) =
-    let mutable store: ILTypeDef = Unchecked.defaultof<_>
-    let mutable storage = storage
+    let stored =
+        lazy
+        match storage with
+        | ILTypeDefStored.Given td -> td
+        | ILTypeDefStored.Computed f -> f ()
+        | ILTypeDefStored.Reader f -> f metadataIndex
 
     interface ILPreTypeDef with
         member _.Namespace = nameSpace
         member _.Name = name
-
-        member x.GetTypeDef() =
-            match box store with
-            | null ->
-                let syncObj = storage
-                Monitor.Enter(syncObj)
-
-                try
-                    match box store with
-                    | null ->
-                        let value =
-                            match storage with
-                            | ILTypeDefStored.Given td -> td
-                            | ILTypeDefStored.Computed f -> f ()
-                            | ILTypeDefStored.Reader f -> f metadataIndex
-
-                        store <- value
-                        storage <- Unchecked.defaultof<_>
-                        value
-                    | _ -> store
-                finally
-                    Monitor.Exit(syncObj)
-            | _ -> store
+        member x.GetTypeDef() = stored.Value
 
 and ILTypeDefStored =
     | Given of ILTypeDef