diff --git a/backend.native/tests/build.gradle b/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
index 63eea389f85..f9f73733de2 100644
--- a/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
+++ b/backend.native/tests/build.gradle
@@ -2081,6 +2081,11 @@ task memory_weak0(type: RunKonanTest) {
     source = "runtime/memory/weak0.kt"
 }
 
+task memory_weak1(type: RunKonanTest) {
+    goldValue = "OK\n"
+    source = "runtime/memory/weak1.kt"
+}
+
 task mpp1(type: RunStandaloneKonanTest) {
     source = "codegen/mpp/mpp1.kt"
     flags = ['-tr', '-Xmulti-platform']
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/interop/objc/smoke.kt b/backend.native/tests/interop/objc/smoke.kt
index 193232fb742..ff83a17b867 100644
--- a/backend.native/tests/interop/objc/smoke.kt
+++ b/backend.native/tests/interop/objc/smoke.kt
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ fun run() {
     // hashCode (directly):
     if (foo.hashCode() == foo.hash().let { it.toInt() xor (it shr 32).toInt() }) {
         // toString (virtually):
-        println(listOf(foo, pair).map { it.toString() }.min() == foo.description())
+        println(map.keys.map { it.toString() }.min() == foo.description())
     }
 
     println(globalString)
diff --git a/backend.native/tests/runtime/memory/weak1.kt b/backend.native/tests/runtime/memory/weak1.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..800029a8e2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend.native/tests/runtime/memory/weak1.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package runtime.memory.weak1
+
+import kotlin.test.*
+import konan.ref.*
+
+class Node(var next: Node?)
+
+@Test fun runTest() {
+    val node1 = Node(null)
+    val node2 = Node(node1)
+    node1.next = node2
+
+    konan.ref.WeakReference(node1)
+    println("OK")
+}
diff --git a/runtime/src/main/cpp/Memory.cpp b/runtime/src/main/cpp/Memory.cpp
index 4fe869b02eb..ba0188bb2ee 100644
--- a/runtime/src/main/cpp/Memory.cpp
+++ b/runtime/src/main/cpp/Memory.cpp
@@ -414,24 +414,20 @@ RUNTIME_NORETURN void ThrowInvalidMutabilityException();
 
 }  // extern "C"
 
-inline void runDeallocationHooks(ObjHeader* obj) {
-  if (obj->has_meta_object()) {
-    ObjHeader::destroyMetaObject(&obj->typeInfoOrMeta_);
-  }
-}
-
 inline void runDeallocationHooks(ContainerHeader* container) {
   ObjHeader* obj = reinterpret_cast<ObjHeader*>(container + 1);
 
   for (int index = 0; index < container->objectCount(); index++) {
-    runDeallocationHooks(obj);
+    if (obj->has_meta_object()) {
+      ObjHeader::destroyMetaObject(&obj->typeInfoOrMeta_);
+    }
 
     obj = reinterpret_cast<ObjHeader*>(
       reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(obj) + objectSize(obj));
   }
 }
 
-static inline void DeinitInstanceBodyImpl(const TypeInfo* typeInfo, void* body) {
+void DeinitInstanceBody(const TypeInfo* typeInfo, void* body) {
   for (int index = 0; index < typeInfo->objOffsetsCount_; index++) {
     ObjHeader** location = reinterpret_cast<ObjHeader**>(
         reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(body) + typeInfo->objOffsets_[index]);
@@ -439,10 +435,6 @@ static inline void DeinitInstanceBodyImpl(const TypeInfo* typeInfo, void* body)
   }
 }
 
-void DeinitInstanceBody(const TypeInfo* typeInfo, void* body) {
-  DeinitInstanceBodyImpl(typeInfo, body);
-}
-
 namespace {
 
 template<typename func>
@@ -500,15 +492,7 @@ inline void processFinalizerQueue(MemoryState* state) {
 #endif
 
 inline void scheduleDestroyContainer(
-    MemoryState* state, ContainerHeader* container, bool clearExternalRefs) {
-  if (clearExternalRefs) {
-    traverseContainerObjectFields(container, [](ObjHeader** location) {
-        ObjHeader* ref = *location;
-        // Frozen object references do not participate in trial deletion, so shall be explicitly freed.
-        if (ref != nullptr && ref->container()->frozen())
-          UpdateRef(location, nullptr);
-      });
-  }
+    MemoryState* state, ContainerHeader* container) {
 #if USE_GC
   state->finalizerQueue->push_front(container);
   // We cannot clean finalizer queue while in GC.
@@ -517,8 +501,8 @@ inline void scheduleDestroyContainer(
   }
 #else
   atomicAdd(&allocCount, -1);
-  CONTAINER_DESTROY_EVENT(state, header)
-  konanFreeMemory(header);
+  CONTAINER_DESTROY_EVENT(state, container)
+  konanFreeMemory(container);
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -679,7 +663,7 @@ void MarkRoots(MemoryState* state) {
     } else {
       container->resetBuffered();
       if (color == CONTAINER_TAG_GC_BLACK && rcIsZero) {
-        scheduleDestroyContainer(state, container, true);
+        scheduleDestroyContainer(state, container);
       }
     }
   }
@@ -715,18 +699,22 @@ void Scan(ContainerHeader* container) {
 }
 
 void CollectWhite(MemoryState* state, ContainerHeader* container) {
-  if (container->color() != CONTAINER_TAG_GC_WHITE
-        || container->buffered())
+  if (container->color() != CONTAINER_TAG_GC_WHITE || container->buffered())
     return;
   container->setColor(CONTAINER_TAG_GC_BLACK);
-  traverseContainerReferredObjects(container, [state](ObjHeader* ref) {
+  traverseContainerObjectFields(container, [state](ObjHeader** location) {
+    auto ref = *location;
+    if (ref == nullptr) return;
     auto childContainer = ref->container();
     RuntimeAssert(!isArena(childContainer), "A reference to local object is encountered");
-    if (!childContainer->permanentOrFrozen()) {
+    if (childContainer->permanentOrFrozen()) {
+      UpdateRef(location, nullptr);
+    } else {
       CollectWhite(state, childContainer);
     }
   });
-  scheduleDestroyContainer(state, container, true);
+  runDeallocationHooks(container);
+  scheduleDestroyContainer(state, container);
 }
 
 inline void AddRef(ContainerHeader* header) {
@@ -874,7 +862,7 @@ void FreeAggregatingFrozenContainer(ContainerHeader* container) {
     FreeContainer(*subContainer++);
   }
   --state->finalizerQueueSuspendCount;
-  scheduleDestroyContainer(state, container, false);
+  scheduleDestroyContainer(state, container);
   MEMORY_LOG("Freeing subcontainers done\n");
 }
 
@@ -887,10 +875,10 @@ void FreeContainer(ContainerHeader* container) {
   if (isAggregatingFrozenContainer(container)) {
     FreeAggregatingFrozenContainer(container);
     return;
-  } else {
-    runDeallocationHooks(container);
   }
 
+  runDeallocationHooks(container);
+
   // Now let's clean all object's fields in this container.
   traverseContainerObjectFields(container, [](ObjHeader** location) {
     UpdateRef(location, nullptr);
@@ -900,7 +888,7 @@ void FreeContainer(ContainerHeader* container) {
   if (isFreeable(container)) {
     container->setColor(CONTAINER_TAG_GC_BLACK);
     if (!container->buffered())
-      scheduleDestroyContainer(state, container, false);
+      scheduleDestroyContainer(state, container);
   }
 }