diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/driver/aot.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/driver/aot.rs
index c3adb5e767e2..7e77781dc2fc 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/driver/aot.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_cranelift/src/driver/aot.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ use cranelift_object::{ObjectBuilder, ObjectModule};
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::assert_module_sources::CguReuse;
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::back::link::ensure_removed;
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::base::determine_cgu_reuse;
-use rustc_codegen_ssa::{CodegenResults, CompiledModule, CrateInfo, errors as ssa_errors};
+use rustc_codegen_ssa::{
+    CodegenResults, CompiledModule, CrateInfo, ModuleKind, errors as ssa_errors,
+};
 use rustc_data_structures::profiling::SelfProfilerRef;
 use rustc_data_structures::stable_hasher::{HashStable, StableHasher};
 use rustc_data_structures::sync::{IntoDynSyncSend, par_map};
@@ -361,6 +363,7 @@ fn emit_cgu(
         invocation_temp,
         prof,
         product.object,
+        ModuleKind::Regular,
         name.clone(),
         producer,
     )?;
@@ -369,6 +372,7 @@ fn emit_cgu(
         module_regular,
         module_global_asm: global_asm_object_file.map(|global_asm_object_file| CompiledModule {
             name: format!("{name}.asm"),
+            kind: ModuleKind::Regular,
             object: Some(global_asm_object_file),
             dwarf_object: None,
             bytecode: None,
@@ -385,6 +389,7 @@ fn emit_module(
     invocation_temp: Option<&str>,
     prof: &SelfProfilerRef,
     mut object: cranelift_object::object::write::Object<'_>,
+    kind: ModuleKind,
     name: String,
     producer_str: &str,
 ) -> Result<CompiledModule, String> {
@@ -425,6 +430,7 @@ fn emit_module(
 
     Ok(CompiledModule {
         name,
+        kind,
         object: Some(tmp_file),
         dwarf_object: None,
         bytecode: None,
@@ -479,6 +485,7 @@ fn reuse_workproduct_for_cgu(
     Ok(ModuleCodegenResult {
         module_regular: CompiledModule {
             name: cgu.name().to_string(),
+            kind: ModuleKind::Regular,
             object: Some(obj_out_regular),
             dwarf_object: None,
             bytecode: None,
@@ -488,6 +495,7 @@ fn reuse_workproduct_for_cgu(
         },
         module_global_asm: source_file_global_asm.map(|source_file| CompiledModule {
             name: cgu.name().to_string(),
+            kind: ModuleKind::Regular,
             object: Some(obj_out_global_asm),
             dwarf_object: None,
             bytecode: None,
@@ -643,6 +651,7 @@ fn emit_allocator_module(tcx: TyCtxt<'_>) -> Option<CompiledModule> {
             tcx.sess.invocation_temp.as_deref(),
             &tcx.sess.prof,
             product.object,
+            ModuleKind::Allocator,
             "allocator_shim".to_owned(),
             &crate::debuginfo::producer(tcx.sess),
         ) {
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
index 326b876e7e68..ad2e722cfef6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/lto.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use object::{Object, ObjectSection};
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::back::lto::{SerializedModule, ThinModule, ThinShared};
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::back::write::{CodegenContext, FatLtoInput};
 use rustc_codegen_ssa::traits::*;
-use rustc_codegen_ssa::{ModuleCodegen, looks_like_rust_object_file};
+use rustc_codegen_ssa::{ModuleCodegen, ModuleKind, looks_like_rust_object_file};
 use rustc_data_structures::fx::FxHashMap;
 use rustc_data_structures::memmap::Mmap;
 use rustc_errors::DiagCtxtHandle;
@@ -225,9 +225,15 @@ fn fat_lto(
     // All the other modules will be serialized and reparsed into the new
     // context, so this hopefully avoids serializing and parsing the largest
     // codegen unit.
+    //
+    // Additionally use a regular module as the base here to ensure that various
+    // file copy operations in the backend work correctly. The only other kind
+    // of module here should be an allocator one, and if your crate is smaller
+    // than the allocator module then the size doesn't really matter anyway.
     let costliest_module = in_memory
         .iter()
         .enumerate()
+        .filter(|&(_, module)| module.kind == ModuleKind::Regular)
         .map(|(i, module)| {
             let cost = unsafe { llvm::LLVMRustModuleCost(module.module_llvm.llmod()) };
             (cost, i)
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
index afda7226fdd1..95e02a7c6dbc 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/write.rs
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ fn copy_all_cgu_workproducts_to_incr_comp_cache_dir(
 
     let _timer = sess.timer("copy_all_cgu_workproducts_to_incr_comp_cache_dir");
 
-    for module in &compiled_modules.modules {
+    for module in compiled_modules.modules.iter().filter(|m| m.kind == ModuleKind::Regular) {
         let mut files = Vec::new();
         if let Some(object_file_path) = &module.object {
             files.push((OutputType::Object.extension(), object_file_path.as_path()));
@@ -960,6 +960,7 @@ fn execute_copy_from_cache_work_item<B: ExtraBackendMethods>(
 
     WorkItemResult::Finished(CompiledModule {
         links_from_incr_cache,
+        kind: ModuleKind::Regular,
         name: module.name,
         object,
         dwarf_object,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
index 23146661f27c..baba8f9ca3e8 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/lib.rs
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ impl<M> ModuleCodegen<M> {
 
         CompiledModule {
             name: self.name,
+            kind: self.kind,
             object,
             dwarf_object,
             bytecode,
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@ impl<M> ModuleCodegen<M> {
 #[derive(Debug, Encodable, Decodable)]
 pub struct CompiledModule {
     pub name: String,
+    pub kind: ModuleKind,
     pub object: Option<PathBuf>,
     pub dwarf_object: Option<PathBuf>,
     pub bytecode: Option<PathBuf>,