diff --git a/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs b/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
index 07ac4365ee72..c47435188906 100644
--- a/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
+++ b/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
@@ -1292,6 +1292,8 @@ internal protected virtual TypeDefinition MarkTypeVisibleToReflection (TypeRefer
 			// could be incorrect) or IsAssignableFrom (where assignability of unconstructed types might change).
 			Annotations.MarkRelevantToVariantCasting (reference.Resolve ());
 
+			MarkImplicitlyUsedFields (reference.Resolve ());
+
 			return MarkType (reference, reason, sourceLocationMember);
 		}
 
@@ -1380,10 +1382,6 @@ internal protected virtual TypeDefinition MarkType (TypeReference reference, Dep
 
 			MarkGenericParameterProvider (type, sourceLocationMember);
 
-			// keep fields for value-types and for classes with LayoutKind.Sequential or Explicit
-			if (type.IsValueType || !type.IsAutoLayout)
-				MarkFields (type, includeStatic: type.IsEnum, reason: new DependencyInfo (DependencyKind.MemberOfType, type));
-
 			// There are a number of markings we can defer until later when we know it's possible a reference type could be instantiated
 			// For example, if no instance of a type exist, then we don't need to mark the interfaces on that type
 			// However, for some other types there is no benefit to deferring
@@ -2341,6 +2339,16 @@ protected virtual void DoAdditionalMethodProcessing (MethodDefinition method)
 		{
 		}
 
+		void MarkImplicitlyUsedFields (TypeDefinition type)
+		{
+			if (type?.HasFields != true)
+				return;
+
+			// keep fields for types with explicit layout and for enums
+			if (!type.IsAutoLayout || type.IsEnum)
+				MarkFields (type, includeStatic: type.IsEnum, reason: new DependencyInfo (DependencyKind.MemberOfType, type));
+		}
+
 		protected virtual void MarkRequirementsForInstantiatedTypes (TypeDefinition type)
 		{
 			if (Annotations.IsInstantiated (type))
@@ -2353,6 +2361,8 @@ protected virtual void MarkRequirementsForInstantiatedTypes (TypeDefinition type
 			foreach (var method in GetRequiredMethodsForInstantiatedType (type))
 				MarkMethod (method, new DependencyInfo (DependencyKind.MethodForInstantiatedType, type), type);
 
+			MarkImplicitlyUsedFields (type);
+
 			DoAdditionalInstantiatedTypeProcessing (type);
 		}
 
diff --git a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes.StructLayout/ExplicitClass.cs b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes.StructLayout/ExplicitClass.cs
index b9d5c960f1ab..20116e22308c 100644
--- a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes.StructLayout/ExplicitClass.cs
+++ b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes.StructLayout/ExplicitClass.cs
@@ -19,12 +19,36 @@ class ExplicitClassData
 		public int never_ever_used;
 	}
 
+	[StructLayout (LayoutKind.Explicit)]
+	[Kept]
+	class UnallocatedExplicitClassData
+	{
+		[FieldOffset (0)]
+		public int never_used;
+	}
+
+	[StructLayout (LayoutKind.Explicit)]
+	[Kept]
+	class UnallocatedButReferencedWithReflectionExplicitClassData
+	{
+		[Kept]
+		[FieldOffset (0)]
+		public int never_used;
+	}
+
 	public class ExplicitClass
 	{
+		[Kept]
+		static UnallocatedExplicitClassData _myField;
+
 		public static void Main ()
 		{
 			var c = new ExplicitClassData ();
 			c.used = 1;
+
+			_myField = null;
+
+			typeof (UnallocatedButReferencedWithReflectionExplicitClassData).ToString ();
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes.StructLayout/SequentialClass.cs b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes.StructLayout/SequentialClass.cs
index dd8a8b65920c..fd92a3b6b7ac 100644
--- a/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes.StructLayout/SequentialClass.cs
+++ b/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/Attributes.StructLayout/SequentialClass.cs
@@ -14,14 +14,36 @@ class SequentialClassData
 		public int used;
 	}
 
+	[Kept]
+	[StructLayout (LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+	class UnallocatedSequentialClassData
+	{
+		public int never_used;
+	}
+
+	[Kept]
+	[StructLayout (LayoutKind.Sequential)]
+	class UnallocatedButReferencedWithReflectionSequentialClassData
+	{
+		[Kept]
+		public int never_used;
+	}
+
 	public class SequentialClass
 	{
+		[Kept]
+		static UnallocatedSequentialClassData _field;
+
 		public static void Main ()
 		{
 			var c = new SequentialClassData ();
 			c.used = 1;
 			if (Marshal.SizeOf (c) != 8)
 				throw new ApplicationException ();
+
+			_field = null;
+
+			typeof (UnallocatedButReferencedWithReflectionSequentialClassData).ToString ();
 		}
 	}
 }