diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/BestEffortTastyWriter.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/BestEffortTastyWriter.scala
index 13a6a274ed96..7a170b5c0cfb 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/BestEffortTastyWriter.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/core/tasty/BestEffortTastyWriter.scala
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ object BestEffortTastyWriter:
       unit.pickled.foreach { (clz, binary) =>
         val parts = clz.fullName.mangledString.split('.')
         val outPath = outputPath(parts.toList, dir)
-        val outTastyFile = new File(outPath)
-        val outstream = new DataOutputStream(new PlainFile(outTastyFile).bufferedOutput)
+        val file = new File(outPath)
+        val outTastyFile = new PlainFile(file)
+        val outstream = new DataOutputStream(outTastyFile.bufferedOutput)
         try outstream.write(binary())
         catch case ex: ClosedByInterruptException =>
           try
-            outTastyFile.delete() // don't leave an empty or half-written tastyfile around after an interrupt
+            file.delete() // don't leave an empty or half-written tastyfile around after an interrupt
           catch
             case _: Throwable =>
           throw ex
diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/init/Objects.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/init/Objects.scala
index bfa684eef8b4..010114e49864 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/init/Objects.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/transform/init/Objects.scala
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ class Objects(using Context @constructorOnly):
       Bottom
 
     case Bottom =>
-      if field.isStaticObject then ObjectRef(field.moduleClass.asClass)
+      if field.isStaticObject then accessObject(field.moduleClass.asClass)
       else Bottom
 
     case ValueSet(values) =>
diff --git a/tests/init-global/warn/cyclic-object.scala b/tests/init-global/warn/cyclic-object.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e997d3259877
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/init-global/warn/cyclic-object.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package cyclicObject
+
+object O1 { // warn
+  val o = cyclicObject.O2
+}
+
+object O2 {
+  val o = cyclicObject.O1
+}
diff --git a/tests/init-global/warn/deadlock.scala b/tests/init-global/warn/deadlock.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d39c572599af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/init-global/warn/deadlock.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// example of cyclic initialization causing deadlock
+
+package pkg
+
+object Main extends App {
+  val createPredef = new Runnable { def run = { val _ = Predef } }
+  val createSeq = new Runnable { def run = { val _ = Seq } }
+  new Thread(createPredef).start()
+  new Thread(createSeq).start()
+  Thread.sleep(100)
+  val seq = Predef.seq
+  val predef = Seq.predef
+  println("done")
+}
+
+object Predef { // warn
+  Thread.sleep(10)
+  val seq = Seq
+  println("done Predef")
+}
+
+object Seq {
+  Thread.sleep(10)
+  val predef = Predef
+  println("done Seq")
+}