diff --git a/runtime/gc_vlhgc/CopyForwardScheme.cpp b/runtime/gc_vlhgc/CopyForwardScheme.cpp
index 4fe9d1a8a24..fa5da4fd18b 100644
--- a/runtime/gc_vlhgc/CopyForwardScheme.cpp
+++ b/runtime/gc_vlhgc/CopyForwardScheme.cpp
@@ -2285,14 +2285,15 @@ MM_CopyForwardScheme::updateMarkMapAndCardTableOnCopy(MM_EnvironmentVLHGC *env,
 MMINLINE void
 MM_CopyForwardScheme::scanOwnableSynchronizerObjectSlots(MM_EnvironmentVLHGC *env, MM_AllocationContextTarok *reservingContext, J9Object *objectPtr, ScanReason reason)
 {
-	if (SCAN_REASON_COPYSCANCACHE == reason) {
-		addOwnableSynchronizerObjectInList(env, objectPtr);
-	} else if (SCAN_REASON_PACKET == reason) {
-		if (isObjectInEvacuateMemoryNoCheck(objectPtr)) {
+	if (scanMixedObjectSlots(env, reservingContext, objectPtr, reason)) {
+		if (SCAN_REASON_COPYSCANCACHE == reason) {
 			addOwnableSynchronizerObjectInList(env, objectPtr);
+		} else if (SCAN_REASON_PACKET == reason) {
+			if (isObjectInEvacuateMemoryNoCheck(objectPtr)) {
+				addOwnableSynchronizerObjectInList(env, objectPtr);
+			}
 		}
 	}
-	scanMixedObjectSlots(env, reservingContext, objectPtr, reason);
 }
 
 void
@@ -2416,7 +2417,7 @@ MM_CopyForwardScheme::iterateAndCopyforwardSlotReference(MM_EnvironmentVLHGC *en
 	return success;
 }
 
-void
+bool
 MM_CopyForwardScheme::scanMixedObjectSlots(MM_EnvironmentVLHGC *env, MM_AllocationContextTarok *reservingContext, J9Object *objectPtr, ScanReason reason)
 {
 	if (_tracingEnabled) {
@@ -2432,6 +2433,7 @@ MM_CopyForwardScheme::scanMixedObjectSlots(MM_EnvironmentVLHGC *env, MM_Allocati
 	}
 
 	updateScanStats(env, objectPtr, reason);
+	return success;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/runtime/gc_vlhgc/CopyForwardScheme.hpp b/runtime/gc_vlhgc/CopyForwardScheme.hpp
index 870aaca0a94..afd2a0d3200 100644
--- a/runtime/gc_vlhgc/CopyForwardScheme.hpp
+++ b/runtime/gc_vlhgc/CopyForwardScheme.hpp
@@ -318,8 +318,9 @@ class MM_CopyForwardScheme : public MM_BaseNonVirtual
 	 * @param reservingContext[in] The context to which we would prefer to copy any objects discovered in this method
 	 * @param objectPtr current object being scanned.
 	 * @param reason to scan (dirty card, packet, scan cache, overflow)
+	 * @return true if all slots have been copied successfully
 	 */
-	void scanMixedObjectSlots(MM_EnvironmentVLHGC *env, MM_AllocationContextTarok *reservingContext, J9Object *objectPtr, ScanReason reason);
+	bool scanMixedObjectSlots(MM_EnvironmentVLHGC *env, MM_AllocationContextTarok *reservingContext, J9Object *objectPtr, ScanReason reason);
 	/**
 	 * Scan the slots of a reference mixed object.
 	 * Copy and forward all relevant slots values found in the object.