diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/heap/ImageHeapConstant.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/heap/ImageHeapConstant.java
index 978d73b2b354..b03df7313451 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/heap/ImageHeapConstant.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/heap/ImageHeapConstant.java
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ abstract static class ConstantData {
          * constant created in the current layer.
          */
         private boolean isInBaseLayer;
+        /**
+         * A boolean telling if the constant was written in the image heap of the base layer.
+         */
+        private boolean writtenInPreviousLayer;
         /**
          * An object representing a way to retrieve the value of the constant in the hosted
          * universe.
@@ -212,6 +216,15 @@ public boolean isInBaseLayer() {
         return constantData.isInBaseLayer;
     }
 
+    public void markWrittenInPreviousLayer() {
+        AnalysisError.guarantee(isInBaseLayer(), "Constant must be in base layer to be marked as written in the base layer.");
+        constantData.writtenInPreviousLayer = true;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isWrittenInPreviousLayer() {
+        return constantData.writtenInPreviousLayer;
+    }
+
     public JavaConstant getHostedObject() {
         AnalysisError.guarantee(!CompressibleConstant.isCompressed(constantData.hostedObject), "References to hosted objects should never be compressed.");
         return constantData.hostedObject;
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/HeapBreakdownProvider.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/HeapBreakdownProvider.java
index 7e9ed3f0eb84..f2f19693767e 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/HeapBreakdownProvider.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/HeapBreakdownProvider.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ protected void calculate(BeforeImageWriteAccessImpl access) {
         Set<byte[]> seenStringByteArrays = Collections.newSetFromMap(new IdentityHashMap<>());
         final boolean reportStringBytesConstant = reportStringBytes;
         for (ObjectInfo o : access.getImage().getHeap().getObjects()) {
-            if (o.getConstant().isInBaseLayer()) {
+            if (o.getConstant().isWrittenInPreviousLayer()) {
                 continue;
             }
             long objectSize = o.getSize();
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImage.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImage.java
index 9a863c53c074..e3dde81928b1 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImage.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImage.java
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ private static void printHistogram(ImageHeapPartition partition, Iterable<Object
         long canonicalizedCount = 0L;
         long canonicalizedSize = 0L;
         for (ObjectInfo info : objects) {
-            if (info.getConstant().isInBaseLayer()) {
+            if (info.getConstant().isWrittenInPreviousLayer()) {
                 continue;
             }
             if (partition == info.getPartition()) {
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageHeap.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageHeap.java
index e00e523ed567..3793fad895d7 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageHeap.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageHeap.java
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ public int getObjectCount() {
     }
 
     public int getLayerObjectCount() {
-        return (int) objects.values().stream().filter(o -> !o.constant.isInBaseLayer()).count();
+        return (int) objects.values().stream().filter(o -> !o.constant.isWrittenInPreviousLayer()).count();
     }
 
     public ObjectInfo getObjectInfo(Object obj) {
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ private int computeIdentityHashCode(JavaConstant constant) {
     public int countDynamicHubs() {
         int count = 0;
         for (ObjectInfo o : getObjects()) {
-            if (!o.constant.isInBaseLayer() && hMetaAccess.isInstanceOf(o.getConstant(), DynamicHub.class)) {
+            if (!o.constant.isWrittenInPreviousLayer() && hMetaAccess.isInstanceOf(o.getConstant(), DynamicHub.class)) {
                 count++;
             }
         }
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ private void addObjectToImageHeap(final JavaConstant constant, boolean immutable
      * are reachable from regular constants in this layer.
      */
     private static boolean processBaseLayerConstant(JavaConstant constant, ObjectInfo info) {
-        if (((ImageHeapConstant) constant).isInBaseLayer()) {
+        if (((ImageHeapConstant) constant).isWrittenInPreviousLayer()) {
             info.setOffsetInPartition(HostedImageLayerBuildingSupport.singleton().getLoader().getObjectOffset(constant));
             info.setHeapPartition(BASE_LAYER_PARTITION);
             return true;
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageHeapWriter.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageHeapWriter.java
index 35fe27ec4f03..2a03cb17929b 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageHeapWriter.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/NativeImageHeapWriter.java
@@ -103,11 +103,12 @@ public long writeHeap(DebugContext debug, RelocatableBuffer buffer) {
         try (Indent perHeapIndent = debug.logAndIndent("NativeImageHeap.writeHeap:")) {
             for (ObjectInfo info : heap.getObjects()) {
                 assert !heap.isBlacklisted(info.getObject());
-                if (info.getConstant().isInBaseLayer()) {
+                if (info.getConstant().isWrittenInPreviousLayer()) {
                     /*
-                     * Base layer constants are only added to the heap model to store the absolute
-                     * offset in the base layer heap. We don't need to actually write them; their
-                     * absolute offset is used by the objects that reference them.
+                     * Base layer constants already written in the base layer heap are only added to
+                     * the heap model to store the absolute offset in the base layer heap. We don't
+                     * need to actually write them; their absolute offset is used by the objects
+                     * that reference them.
                      */
                     continue;
                 }
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/ObjectGroupHistogram.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/ObjectGroupHistogram.java
index 5e14858adb30..978951547d93 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/ObjectGroupHistogram.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/image/ObjectGroupHistogram.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ private void doPrint() {
 
         HeapHistogram totalHistogram = new HeapHistogram();
         for (ObjectInfo info : heap.getObjects()) {
-            if (info.getConstant().isInBaseLayer()) {
+            if (info.getConstant().isWrittenInPreviousLayer()) {
                 continue;
             }
             totalHistogram.add(info, info.getSize());
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ private static Object readTruffleRuntimeCompilationSupportField(String name) {
 
     public void processType(Class<?> clazz, String group, boolean addObject, ObjectFilter objectFilter, FieldFilter fieldFilter) {
         for (ObjectInfo info : heap.getObjects()) {
-            if (!info.getConstant().isInBaseLayer() && clazz.isInstance(info.getObject())) {
+            if (!info.getConstant().isWrittenInPreviousLayer() && clazz.isInstance(info.getObject())) {
                 processObject(info, group, addObject, 1, objectFilter, fieldFilter);
             }
         }
@@ -185,8 +185,8 @@ public void processObject(Object object, String group, boolean addObject, Object
     private void processObject(ObjectInfo info, String group, boolean addObject, int recursionLevel, ObjectFilter objectFilter, FieldFilter fieldFilter) {
         assert info != null;
         ImageHeapConstant ihc = info.getConstant();
-        if (ihc.isInBaseLayer()) {
-            /* Base layer objects don't count towards current layer's statistics. */
+        if (ihc.isWrittenInPreviousLayer()) {
+            /* Written base layer objects don't count towards current layer's statistics. */
             return;
         }
         if (objectFilter != null && !objectFilter.test(info, recursionLevel)) {
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/imagelayer/SVMImageLayerLoader.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/imagelayer/SVMImageLayerLoader.java
index 60e8c59e8a05..0ec40afc629a 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/imagelayer/SVMImageLayerLoader.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/imagelayer/SVMImageLayerLoader.java
@@ -1497,6 +1497,7 @@ private void addBaseLayerObject(int id, long objectOffset, Supplier<ImageHeapCon
             }
             if (objectOffset != -1) {
                 objectOffsets.put(ImageHeapConstant.getConstantID(heapObj), objectOffset);
+                heapObj.markWrittenInPreviousLayer();
             }
             return heapObj;
         });
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/imagelayer/SVMImageLayerWriter.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/imagelayer/SVMImageLayerWriter.java
index 29fcbf747150..6932d8d87ef2 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/imagelayer/SVMImageLayerWriter.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/imagelayer/SVMImageLayerWriter.java
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ private static void persistMethodWrappedMember(PersistedAnalysisMethod.WrappedMe
         Parameter[] params = member.getParameters();
         TextList.Builder atb = b.initArgumentTypeNames(params.length);
         for (int i = 0; i < params.length; i++) {
-            atb.set(i, new Text.Reader(params[i].getName()));
+            atb.set(i, new Text.Reader(params[i].getType().getName()));
         }
     }
 
@@ -810,9 +810,11 @@ private void persistConstantRelinkingInfo(PersistedConstant.Builder builder, Ima
             Relinking.Builder relinkingBuilder = builder.getObject().getRelinking();
             int id = ImageHeapConstant.getConstantID(imageHeapConstant);
             ResolvedJavaType type = bb.getConstantReflectionProvider().asJavaType(hostedObject);
+            boolean tryStaticFinalFieldRelink = true;
             if (type instanceof AnalysisType analysisType) {
                 relinkingBuilder.initClassConstant().setTypeId(analysisType.getId());
                 constantsToRelink.add(id);
+                tryStaticFinalFieldRelink = false;
             } else if (clazz.equals(String.class)) {
                 StringConstant.Builder stringConstantBuilder = relinkingBuilder.initStringConstant();
                 String value = bb.getSnippetReflectionProvider().asObject(String.class, hostedObject);
@@ -822,6 +824,7 @@ private void persistConstantRelinkingInfo(PersistedConstant.Builder builder, Ima
                      */
                     stringConstantBuilder.setValue(value);
                     constantsToRelink.add(id);
+                    tryStaticFinalFieldRelink = false;
                 }
             } else if (Enum.class.isAssignableFrom(clazz)) {
                 EnumConstant.Builder enumBuilder = relinkingBuilder.initEnumConstant();
@@ -829,7 +832,9 @@ private void persistConstantRelinkingInfo(PersistedConstant.Builder builder, Ima
                 enumBuilder.setEnumClass(value.getDeclaringClass().getName());
                 enumBuilder.setEnumName(value.name());
                 constantsToRelink.add(id);
-            } else if (shouldRelinkConstant(imageHeapConstant) && imageHeapConstant.getOrigin() != null) {
+                tryStaticFinalFieldRelink = false;
+            }
+            if (tryStaticFinalFieldRelink && shouldRelinkConstant(imageHeapConstant) && imageHeapConstant.getOrigin() != null) {
                 AnalysisField field = imageHeapConstant.getOrigin();
                 if (shouldRelinkField(field)) {
                     Relinking.FieldConstant.Builder fieldConstantBuilder = relinkingBuilder.initFieldConstant();