diff --git a/src/codegen/compile_enhanced.ml b/src/codegen/compile_enhanced.ml
index e28634924dd..1ac0c47e77a 100644
--- a/src/codegen/compile_enhanced.ml
+++ b/src/codegen/compile_enhanced.ml
@@ -8848,6 +8848,7 @@ module EnhancedOrthogonalPersistence = struct
           | Prim _ | Any | Non-> false
           | Obj ((Object | Memory), field_list) | Variant field_list ->
             List.exists (fun field -> go visited field.typ) field_list
+          | Obj (Actor, _) -> false
           | Tup type_list ->
             List.exists (go visited) type_list
           | Array nested | Mut nested | Opt nested ->
diff --git a/test/run-drun/nested-stable-functions.mo b/test/run-drun/nested-stable-functions.mo
index c58bae2f65d..dcd85fe958b 100644
--- a/test/run-drun/nested-stable-functions.mo
+++ b/test/run-drun/nested-stable-functions.mo
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//ENHANCED-ORTHOGONAL-PERSISTENCE-ONLY
 import Prim "mo:prim";
 
 actor {