diff --git a/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp b/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
index 5c5970d30ef2a..e278bba5005f3 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/gc/gc.cpp
@@ -44690,6 +44690,13 @@ unsigned int GCHeap::GetGenerationWithRange (Object* object, uint8_t** ppStart,
 bool GCHeap::IsEphemeral (Object* object)
 {
     uint8_t* o = (uint8_t*)object;
+#if defined(FEATURE_BASICFREEZE) && defined(USE_REGIONS)
+    if (!is_in_heap_range (o))
+    {
+        // Objects in frozen segments are not ephemeral
+        return FALSE;
+    }
+#endif
     gc_heap* hp = gc_heap::heap_of (o);
     return !!hp->ephemeral_pointer_p (o);
 }