diff --git a/src/env_properties.h b/src/env_properties.h
index 623e3022856989..7553823a9be48a 100644
--- a/src/env_properties.h
+++ b/src/env_properties.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #define PER_ISOLATE_PRIVATE_SYMBOL_PROPERTIES(V)                               \
   V(arrow_message_private_symbol, "node:arrowMessage")                         \
   V(contextify_context_private_symbol, "node:contextify:context")              \
+  V(compiled_function_entry, "node:compiled_function_entry")                   \
   V(decorated_private_symbol, "node:decorated")                                \
   V(napi_type_tag, "node:napi:type_tag")                                       \
   V(napi_wrapper, "node:napi:wrapper")                                         \
diff --git a/src/node_contextify.cc b/src/node_contextify.cc
index d618dafcb5f14d..2a4d4618dbd2a3 100644
--- a/src/node_contextify.cc
+++ b/src/node_contextify.cc
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ using v8::Uint32;
 using v8::UnboundScript;
 using v8::Value;
 using v8::WeakCallbackInfo;
-using v8::WeakCallbackType;
 
 // The vm module executes code in a sandboxed environment with a different
 // global object than the rest of the code. This is achieved by applying
@@ -1263,8 +1262,7 @@ void ContextifyContext::CompileFunction(
            context).ToLocal(&cache_key)) {
     return;
   }
-  CompiledFnEntry* entry = new CompiledFnEntry(env, cache_key, id, fn);
-  env->id_to_function_map.emplace(id, entry);
+  new CompiledFnEntry(env, cache_key, id, fn);
 
   Local<Object> result = Object::New(isolate);
   if (result->Set(parsing_context, env->function_string(), fn).IsNothing())
@@ -1296,23 +1294,18 @@ void ContextifyContext::CompileFunction(
   args.GetReturnValue().Set(result);
 }
 
-void CompiledFnEntry::WeakCallback(
-    const WeakCallbackInfo<CompiledFnEntry>& data) {
-  CompiledFnEntry* entry = data.GetParameter();
-  delete entry;
-}
-
 CompiledFnEntry::CompiledFnEntry(Environment* env,
                                  Local<Object> object,
                                  uint32_t id,
                                  Local<Function> fn)
-    : BaseObject(env, object), id_(id), fn_(env->isolate(), fn) {
-  fn_.SetWeak(this, WeakCallback, v8::WeakCallbackType::kParameter);
+    : BaseObject(env, object), id_(id) {
+  MakeWeak();
+  fn->SetPrivate(env->context(), env->compiled_function_entry(), object);
+  env->id_to_function_map.emplace(id, this);
 }
 
 CompiledFnEntry::~CompiledFnEntry() {
   env()->id_to_function_map.erase(id_);
-  fn_.ClearWeak();
 }
 
 static void StartSigintWatchdog(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {
diff --git a/src/node_contextify.h b/src/node_contextify.h
index 76c89318bb6cbf..a9b7741e61b2c2 100644
--- a/src/node_contextify.h
+++ b/src/node_contextify.h
@@ -194,9 +194,6 @@ class CompiledFnEntry final : public BaseObject {
 
  private:
   uint32_t id_;
-  v8::Global<v8::Function> fn_;
-
-  static void WeakCallback(const v8::WeakCallbackInfo<CompiledFnEntry>& data);
 };
 
 v8::Maybe<bool> StoreCodeCacheResult(
diff --git a/test/pummel/test-vm-compile-function-leak.js b/test/pummel/test-vm-compile-function-leak.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..465f300d4310d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/pummel/test-vm-compile-function-leak.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Flags: --max-old-space-size=10
+
+require('../common');
+const vm = require('vm');
+
+const code = `console.log("${'hello world '.repeat(1e5)}");`;
+
+for (let i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
+  vm.compileFunction(code, [], {
+    importModuleDynamically: () => {},
+  });
+}