diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index 35be4e86cf..73db9f5e97 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -2361,7 +2361,7 @@ pub fn update(comp: *Compilation) !void {
                 // The `test_functions` decl has been intentionally postponed until now,
                 // at which point we must populate it with the list of test functions that
                 // have been discovered and not filtered out.
-                try module.populateTestFunctions();
+                try module.populateTestFunctions(main_progress_node);
             }
 
             // Process the deletion set. We use a while loop here because the
diff --git a/src/Module.zig b/src/Module.zig
index 3f061491c1..af29a591cc 100644
--- a/src/Module.zig
+++ b/src/Module.zig
@@ -6431,13 +6431,27 @@ pub fn processExports(mod: *Module) !void {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn populateTestFunctions(mod: *Module) !void {
+pub fn populateTestFunctions(
+    mod: *Module,
+    main_progress_node: *std.Progress.Node,
+) !void {
     const gpa = mod.gpa;
     const builtin_pkg = mod.main_pkg.table.get("builtin").?;
     const builtin_file = (mod.importPkg(builtin_pkg) catch unreachable).file;
     const root_decl = mod.declPtr(builtin_file.root_decl.unwrap().?);
     const builtin_namespace = root_decl.src_namespace;
     const decl_index = builtin_namespace.decls.getKeyAdapted(@as([]const u8, "test_functions"), DeclAdapter{ .mod = mod }).?;
+    {
+        // We have to call `ensureDeclAnalyzed` here in case `builtin.test_functions`
+        // was not referenced by start code.
+        mod.sema_prog_node = main_progress_node.start("Semantic Analysis", 0);
+        mod.sema_prog_node.activate();
+        defer {
+            mod.sema_prog_node.end();
+            mod.sema_prog_node = undefined;
+        }
+        try mod.ensureDeclAnalyzed(decl_index);
+    }
     const decl = mod.declPtr(decl_index);
     var buf: Type.SlicePtrFieldTypeBuffer = undefined;
     const tmp_test_fn_ty = decl.ty.slicePtrFieldType(&buf).elemType();