diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go
index 6ccd0b8d94..74654c86bc 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/pgen.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func compile(fn *Node) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if compilenow() {
+	if compilenow(fn) {
 		compileSSA(fn, 0)
 	} else {
 		compilequeue = append(compilequeue, fn)
@@ -282,10 +282,31 @@ func compile(fn *Node) {
 // If functions are not compiled immediately,
 // they are enqueued in compilequeue,
 // which is drained by compileFunctions.
-func compilenow() bool {
+func compilenow(fn *Node) bool {
+	// Issue 38068: if this function is a method AND an inline
+	// candidate AND was not inlined (yet), put it onto the compile
+	// queue instead of compiling it immediately. This is in case we
+	// wind up inlining it into a method wrapper that is generated by
+	// compiling a function later on in the xtop list.
+	if fn.IsMethod() && isInlinableButNotInlined(fn) {
+		return false
+	}
 	return nBackendWorkers == 1 && Debug_compilelater == 0
 }
 
+// isInlinableButNotInlined returns true if 'fn' was marked as an
+// inline candidate but then never inlined (presumably because we
+// found no call sites).
+func isInlinableButNotInlined(fn *Node) bool {
+	if fn.Func.Nname.Func.Inl == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	if fn.Sym == nil {
+		return true
+	}
+	return !fn.Sym.Linksym().WasInlined()
+}
+
 const maxStackSize = 1 << 30
 
 // compileSSA builds an SSA backend function,
diff --git a/src/cmd/internal/obj/objfile.go b/src/cmd/internal/obj/objfile.go
index 6d7f42ed0b..93c313862e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/internal/obj/objfile.go
+++ b/src/cmd/internal/obj/objfile.go
@@ -788,6 +788,14 @@ func (ft *DwarfFixupTable) SetPrecursorFunc(s *LSym, fn interface{}) {
 	absfn.Type = objabi.SDWARFINFO
 	ft.ctxt.Data = append(ft.ctxt.Data, absfn)
 
+	// In the case of "late" inlining (inlines that happen during
+	// wrapper generation as opposed to the main inlining phase) it's
+	// possible that we didn't cache the abstract function sym for the
+	// text symbol -- do so now if needed. See issue 38068.
+	if s.Func != nil && s.Func.dwarfAbsFnSym == nil {
+		s.Func.dwarfAbsFnSym = absfn
+	}
+
 	ft.precursor[s] = fnState{precursor: fn, absfn: absfn}
 }