diff --git a/src/heap/paged-spaces.cc b/src/heap/paged-spaces.cc
index ceca34d6aa..5a979efb7d 100644
--- a/src/heap/paged-spaces.cc
+++ b/src/heap/paged-spaces.cc
@@ -529,6 +529,12 @@ bool PagedSpace::RefillLinearAllocationAreaFromFreeList(
   // if it is big enough.
   FreeLinearAllocationArea();
 
+  if (!is_local_space()) {
+    heap()->StartIncrementalMarkingIfAllocationLimitIsReached(
+        heap()->GCFlagsForIncrementalMarking(),
+        kGCCallbackScheduleIdleGarbageCollection);
+  }
+
   size_t new_node_size = 0;
   FreeSpace new_node =
       free_list_->Allocate(size_in_bytes, &new_node_size, origin);
@@ -1014,15 +1020,6 @@ AllocationResult PagedSpace::AllocateRawSlow(int size_in_bytes,
       top_on_previous_step_ ? top() - top_on_previous_step_ : 0;
   DCHECK_IMPLIES(!SupportsInlineAllocation(), bytes_since_last == 0);
 
-  if (!is_local_space()) {
-    // Start incremental marking before the actual allocation, this allows the
-    // allocation function to mark the object black when incremental marking is
-    // running.
-    heap()->StartIncrementalMarkingIfAllocationLimitIsReached(
-        heap()->GCFlagsForIncrementalMarking(),
-        kGCCallbackScheduleIdleGarbageCollection);
-  }
-
 #ifdef V8_HOST_ARCH_32_BIT
   AllocationResult result =
       alignment != kWordAligned
diff --git a/test/cctest/heap/test-external-string-tracker.cc b/test/cctest/heap/test-external-string-tracker.cc
index 001ae25c20..28ddc7b69c 100644
--- a/test/cctest/heap/test-external-string-tracker.cc
+++ b/test/cctest/heap/test-external-string-tracker.cc
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ TEST(ExternalString_ExternalBackingStoreSizeIncreasesMarkCompact) {
 }
 
 TEST(ExternalString_ExternalBackingStoreSizeIncreasesAfterExternalization) {
-  ManualGCScope manual_gc_scope;
   CcTest::InitializeVM();
   LocalContext env;
   v8::Isolate* isolate = env->GetIsolate();
diff --git a/test/unittests/logging/counters-unittest.cc b/test/unittests/logging/counters-unittest.cc
index 657ea4d163..35b766d3bd 100644
--- a/test/unittests/logging/counters-unittest.cc
+++ b/test/unittests/logging/counters-unittest.cc
@@ -726,7 +726,6 @@ TEST_F(RuntimeCallStatsTest, CallbackFunction) {
 
 TEST_F(RuntimeCallStatsTest, ApiGetter) {
   FLAG_allow_natives_syntax = true;
-  FLAG_incremental_marking = false;
 
   RuntimeCallCounter* callback_counter =
       stats()->GetCounter(RuntimeCallCounterId::kFunctionCallback);