diff --git a/src/coreclr/jit/objectalloc.cpp b/src/coreclr/jit/objectalloc.cpp
index d8751ac07c686a..07f367c2af583f 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/jit/objectalloc.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/jit/objectalloc.cpp
@@ -3838,6 +3838,20 @@ bool ObjectAllocator::CheckCanClone(CloneInfo* info)
     JITDUMP("** Seeing if we can clone to guarantee non-escape under V%02u\n", info->m_local);
     BasicBlock* const allocBlock = info->m_allocBlock;
 
+    // Cloning redirects the allocation block's sole outgoing edge to the fast path,
+    // so the allocation block must be a block kind that has a single target.
+    //
+    // If the allocation block ends in a conditional (say the def of the enumerator var
+    // is in the allocation block, and is followed by a GDV guard), we can't simply
+    // redirect, so bail out.
+    //
+    if (!allocBlock->HasTarget())
+    {
+        JITDUMP("allocation block " FMT_BB " is a %s, and so has no unique target edge\n", allocBlock->bbNum,
+                bbKindNames[allocBlock->GetKind()]);
+        return false;
+    }
+
     // The allocation site must not be in a loop (stack allocation limitation)
     //
     // Note if we can prove non-escape but can't stack allocate, we might be
diff --git a/src/tests/JIT/opt/ObjectStackAllocation/Runtime_131713.cs b/src/tests/JIT/opt/ObjectStackAllocation/Runtime_131713.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..623576533ee30c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/JIT/opt/ObjectStackAllocation/Runtime_131713.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
+// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
+
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
+using Xunit;
+using TestLibrary;
+
+public class Runtime_131713
+{
+    [ActiveIssue("needs triage", TestRuntimes.Mono)]
+    [Fact]
+    public static void Test()
+    {
+        // The bug needs the serializer's methods to reach tier-1 with PGO data, so give
+        // the background compilations time to land in between calls.
+        for (int i = 0; i < 100; i++)
+        {
+            Serialize();
+            Thread.Sleep(15);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void Serialize()
+    {
+        Foo model = new()
+        {
+            Foos =
+            [
+                new Foo
+                {
+                    Bars = [new Bar()]
+                }
+            ]
+        };
+
+        XmlSerializer serializer = new(typeof(Foo));
+        using StringWriter stringWriter = new();
+        using XmlWriter xmlWriter = XmlWriter.Create(stringWriter);
+        serializer.Serialize(xmlWriter, model);
+    }
+}
+
+public class Foo
+{
+    public CustomList<Bar> Bars { get; set; } = [];
+
+    public CustomList<Foo> Foos { get; set; } = [];
+}
+
+public class Bar
+{
+}
+
+public class CustomList<T> : IEnumerable<T>
+{
+    private readonly List<T> _innerList = [];
+
+    public void Add(T item) => _innerList.Add(item);
+
+    public IEnumerator<T> GetEnumerator() => _innerList.GetEnumerator();
+
+    IEnumerator IEnumerable.GetEnumerator() => _innerList.GetEnumerator();
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/JIT/opt/ObjectStackAllocation/Runtime_131713.csproj b/src/tests/JIT/opt/ObjectStackAllocation/Runtime_131713.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f963cbbb01f43a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/JIT/opt/ObjectStackAllocation/Runtime_131713.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <CLRTestPriority>1</CLRTestPriority>
+    <!-- Needed for CLRTestEnvironmentVariable -->
+    <RequiresProcessIsolation>true</RequiresProcessIsolation>
+    <DebugType>None</DebugType>
+    <Optimize>True</Optimize>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="$(MSBuildProjectName).cs" />
+
+    <!-- The bug reproduces only once the serializer's methods reach tier-1 with PGO data,
+         since conditional escape analysis requires profile weights. -->
+    <CLRTestEnvironmentVariable Include="DOTNET_TieredCompilation" Value="1" />
+    <CLRTestEnvironmentVariable Include="DOTNET_TieredPGO" Value="1" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(TestLibraryProjectPath)" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+</Project>