diff --git a/base/loading.jl b/base/loading.jl
index eebadb92928f4..cdd66414c8dae 100644
--- a/base/loading.jl
+++ b/base/loading.jl
@@ -2284,20 +2284,20 @@ precompile(mi::Core.MethodInstance, world::UInt=get_world_counter()) =
     (ccall(:jl_compile_method_instance, Cvoid, (Any, Any, UInt), mi, C_NULL, world); return true)
 
 """
-    precompile(m::Method, argtypes::Tuple{Vararg{Any}})
+    precompile(f, argtypes::Tuple{Vararg{Any}}, m::Method)
 
 Precompile a specific method for the given argument types. This may be used to precompile
-a different method than the one that would ordinarily be chosen by dispatch.
+a different method than the one that would ordinarily be chosen by dispatch, for example
+mimicking `invoke`.
 """
-function precompile(m::Method, @nospecialize(argtypes::Tuple))
+function precompile(@nospecialize(f), @nospecialize(argtypes::Tuple), m::Method)
     world = get_world_counter()
-    f = getglobal(m.module, m.name)
     matches = _methods(f, argtypes, -1, world)::Vector
     for mtch in matches
         mtch = mtch::Core.MethodMatch
         if mtch.method == m
             mi = Core.Compiler.specialize_method(m, mtch.spec_types, mtch.sparams)
-            return precompile(mi)
+            return precompile(mi, world)
         end
     end
     return false
diff --git a/test/precompile.jl b/test/precompile.jl
index 02936bd1e838f..7b3a3184bac08 100644
--- a/test/precompile.jl
+++ b/test/precompile.jl
@@ -972,7 +972,7 @@ precompile_test_harness("invoke") do dir
     invokeme(x) = 1
     invokeme(::Int) = 2
     m_any, m_int = sort(collect(methods(invokeme)); by=m->m.line)
-    precompile(m_any, (Int,))
+    precompile(invokeme, (Int,), m_any)
     @test m_any.specializations[1].specTypes === Tuple{typeof(invokeme), Int}
     @test isempty(m_int.specializations)
 end