diff --git a/src/precompile_utils.c b/src/precompile_utils.c
index 055ec4b3330f1..22e2c0308a1d0 100644
--- a/src/precompile_utils.c
+++ b/src/precompile_utils.c
@@ -186,8 +186,7 @@ static int precompile_enq_specialization_(jl_method_instance_t *mi, void *closur
             jl_value_t *inferred = jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&codeinst->inferred);
             if (inferred &&
                 inferred != jl_nothing &&
-                jl_ir_flag_inferred(inferred) &&
-                (jl_ir_inlining_cost(inferred) == UINT16_MAX)) {
+                (jl_options.compile_enabled != JL_OPTIONS_COMPILE_ALL || jl_ir_inlining_cost(inferred) == UINT16_MAX)) {
                 do_compile = 1;
             }
             else if (jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&codeinst->invoke) != NULL || jl_atomic_load_relaxed(&codeinst->precompile)) {