diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/interpreter/Interpreter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/interpreter/Interpreter.java
index 4a23dfa8c4f..3f71c9ac912 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/interpreter/Interpreter.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jruby/ir/interpreter/Interpreter.java
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ private static InterpreterContext prepareIC(ThreadContext context, DynamicScope
         IREvalScript script = new IREvalScript(runtime.getIRManager(), containingIRScope, file, lineNumber, staticScope, evalType);
 
         // enable refinements if incoming scope already has an overlay active
-        if (staticScope.getOverlayModuleForRead() != null) {
+        if (staticScope.getOverlayModuleForRead() != null || staticScope.getIRScope().maybeUsingRefinements()) {
             script.setIsMaybeUsingRefinements();
         }