diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/types/jfrTypeSetUtils.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/types/jfrTypeSetUtils.hpp
index bfff7eaaf1b..1fb7db1b9ed 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/types/jfrTypeSetUtils.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/types/jfrTypeSetUtils.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2017, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2017, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -112,7 +112,9 @@ class ClearArtifact<const Method*> {
     assert(METHOD_IS_NOT_LEAKP(method), "invariant");
     assert(METHOD_IS_NOT_TRANSIENT(method), "invariant");
     SET_PREVIOUS_EPOCH_METHOD_CLEARED_BIT(method);
-    CLEAR_PREVIOUS_EPOCH_METHOD_FLAG(method);
+    if (METHOD_FLAG_USED_PREVIOUS_EPOCH_BIT(method)) {
+      CLEAR_PREVIOUS_EPOCH_METHOD_FLAG(method);
+    }
     assert(IS_THIS_EPOCH_METHOD_CLEARED_BIT_SET(method), "invariant");
     assert(IS_PREVIOUS_EPOCH_METHOD_CLEARED_BIT_SET(method), "invariant");
     return true;
diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/types/traceid/jfrTraceIdMacros.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/types/traceid/jfrTraceIdMacros.hpp
index b487b5e6670..392e36f2c3c 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/types/traceid/jfrTraceIdMacros.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/jfr/recorder/checkpoint/types/traceid/jfrTraceIdMacros.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2016, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2016, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 #define METHOD_FLAG_USED_THIS_EPOCH(method)       (METHOD_FLAG_PREDICATE(method, (TRANSIENT_BIT | THIS_EPOCH_BIT)))
 #define METHOD_FLAG_NOT_USED_THIS_EPOCH(method)   (!(METHOD_FLAG_USED_THIS_EPOCH(method)))
 #define METHOD_FLAG_USED_PREVIOUS_EPOCH(method)   (METHOD_FLAG_PREDICATE(method, (TRANSIENT_BIT | PREVIOUS_EPOCH_BIT)))
+#define METHOD_FLAG_USED_PREVIOUS_EPOCH_BIT(method) (METHOD_FLAG_PREDICATE(method, (PREVIOUS_EPOCH_BIT)))
 #define METHOD_FLAG_NOT_USED_PREVIOUS_EPOCH(method) (!(METHOD_FLAG_USED_PREVIOUS_EPOCH(method)))
 #define IS_METHOD_BLESSED(method)                 (METHOD_FLAG_PREDICATE(method, BLESSED_METHOD_BIT))