diff --git a/src/env-inl.h b/src/env-inl.h
index 47aa31ca9752..fc2a56647b65 100644
--- a/src/env-inl.h
+++ b/src/env-inl.h
@@ -866,6 +866,23 @@ void Environment::set_process_exit_handler(
 #undef V
 #undef VM
 
+inline v8::Local<v8::Symbol> IsolateData::ffi_fast_arguments_symbol() const {
+  return ffi_fast_arguments_symbol_.Get(isolate_);
+}
+inline void IsolateData::set_ffi_fast_arguments_symbol(
+    v8::Local<v8::Symbol> value) {
+  CHECK(ffi_fast_arguments_symbol_.IsEmpty());
+  ffi_fast_arguments_symbol_.Set(isolate_, value);
+}
+inline v8::Local<v8::Symbol> IsolateData::ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol() const {
+  return ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol_.Get(isolate_);
+}
+inline void IsolateData::set_ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol(
+    v8::Local<v8::Symbol> value) {
+  CHECK(ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol_.IsEmpty());
+  ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol_.Set(isolate_, value);
+}
+
 #define VP(PropertyName, StringValue) V(v8::Private, PropertyName)
 #define VY(PropertyName, StringValue) V(v8::Symbol, PropertyName)
 #define VS(PropertyName, StringValue) V(v8::String, PropertyName)
@@ -881,6 +898,21 @@ void Environment::set_process_exit_handler(
 #undef VY
 #undef VP
 
+inline v8::Local<v8::Symbol> Environment::ffi_fast_arguments_symbol() const {
+  return isolate_data()->ffi_fast_arguments_symbol();
+}
+inline void Environment::set_ffi_fast_arguments_symbol(
+    v8::Local<v8::Symbol> value) {
+  isolate_data()->set_ffi_fast_arguments_symbol(value);
+}
+inline v8::Local<v8::Symbol> Environment::ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol() const {
+  return isolate_data()->ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol();
+}
+inline void Environment::set_ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol(
+    v8::Local<v8::Symbol> value) {
+  isolate_data()->set_ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol(value);
+}
+
 #define V(Name, label, _, __)                                                  \
   inline v8::Local<v8::String> Environment::Name##_permission_string() const { \
     return isolate_data()->Name##_permission_string();                         \
diff --git a/src/env.h b/src/env.h
index f96feed36f8c..21a1c31511ce 100644
--- a/src/env.h
+++ b/src/env.h
@@ -205,6 +205,17 @@ class NODE_EXTERN_PRIVATE IsolateData : public MemoryRetainer {
 
   inline v8::Local<v8::String> async_wrap_provider(int index) const;
 
+  // Symbols used by the FFI fast-call API to key per-function metadata on raw
+  // FFI functions. Kept out of env_properties.h so they are created lazily at
+  // runtime, not while the startup snapshot is built (allocating Symbols during
+  // serialization advances the isolate's identity-hash RNG, which can shift the
+  // snapshot hashes for Object.prototype/Function.prototype and make a function
+  // map and a plain-object map collide in V8's NormalizedMapCache).
+  inline v8::Local<v8::Symbol> ffi_fast_arguments_symbol() const;
+  inline void set_ffi_fast_arguments_symbol(v8::Local<v8::Symbol> value);
+  inline v8::Local<v8::Symbol> ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol() const;
+  inline void set_ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol(v8::Local<v8::Symbol> value);
+
   size_t max_young_gen_size = 1;
   std::unordered_map<const char*, v8::Eternal<v8::String>> static_str_map;
 
@@ -245,6 +256,9 @@ class NODE_EXTERN_PRIVATE IsolateData : public MemoryRetainer {
   PERMISSIONS(V)
 #undef V
 
+  v8::Eternal<v8::Symbol> ffi_fast_arguments_symbol_;
+  v8::Eternal<v8::Symbol> ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol_;
+
   // Keep a list of all Persistent strings used for AsyncWrap Provider types.
   std::array<v8::Eternal<v8::String>, AsyncWrap::PROVIDERS_LENGTH>
       async_wrap_providers_;
@@ -892,6 +906,12 @@ class Environment final : public MemoryRetainer {
 #undef VY
 #undef VP
 
+  // Runtime-created FFI fast-call API Symbols (see IsolateData).
+  inline v8::Local<v8::Symbol> ffi_fast_arguments_symbol() const;
+  inline void set_ffi_fast_arguments_symbol(v8::Local<v8::Symbol> value);
+  inline v8::Local<v8::Symbol> ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol() const;
+  inline void set_ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol(v8::Local<v8::Symbol> value);
+
 #define V(Name, label, _, __)                                                  \
   inline v8::Local<v8::String> Name##_permission_string() const;
   PERMISSIONS(V)
diff --git a/src/env_properties.h b/src/env_properties.h
index eb26d3b6cf05..063eb2f53296 100644
--- a/src/env_properties.h
+++ b/src/env_properties.h
@@ -50,8 +50,6 @@
   V(ffi_sb_invoke_slow_symbol, "ffi_sb_invoke_slow_symbol")                    \
   V(ffi_sb_arguments_symbol, "ffi_sb_arguments_symbol")                        \
   V(ffi_sb_return_symbol, "ffi_sb_return_symbol")                              \
-  V(ffi_fast_arguments_symbol, "ffi_fast_arguments_symbol")                    \
-  V(ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol, "ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol")            \
   V(constructor_key_symbol, "constructor_key_symbol")                          \
   V(handle_onclose_symbol, "handle_onclose")                                   \
   V(no_message_symbol, "no_message_symbol")                                    \
diff --git a/src/node_ffi.cc b/src/node_ffi.cc
index 7e3da95b958f..b5014b10c2f2 100644
--- a/src/node_ffi.cc
+++ b/src/node_ffi.cc
@@ -1378,7 +1378,21 @@ static void Initialize(Local<Object> target,
             env->ffi_sb_return_symbol())
       .Check();
   // Fast API wrappers use separate metadata Symbols so pointer-conversion
-  // routing does not depend on SharedBuffer internals.
+  // routing does not depend on SharedBuffer internals. These are created here
+  // (at runtime, on first `internalBinding('ffi')`) instead of being declared
+  // in env_properties.h, so they are not allocated while the startup snapshot
+  // is being built. Allocating Symbols during snapshot serialization advances
+  // the isolate's identity-hash RNG and shifts the identity hashes baked into
+  // the snapshot for Object.prototype / Function.prototype, which can make a
+  // function map and a plain-object map collide in V8's NormalizedMapCache.
+  if (env->ffi_fast_arguments_symbol().IsEmpty()) {
+    env->set_ffi_fast_arguments_symbol(v8::Symbol::New(
+        isolate, FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(isolate, "ffi_fast_arguments_symbol")));
+  }
+  if (env->ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol().IsEmpty()) {
+    env->set_ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol(v8::Symbol::New(
+        isolate, FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(isolate, "ffi_fast_buffer_invoke_symbol")));
+  }
   target
       ->Set(context,
             FIXED_ONE_BYTE_STRING(isolate, "kFastArguments"),