diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto.standalone/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/standalone/heap/StandaloneHeapSnapshotVerifier.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto.standalone/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/standalone/heap/StandaloneHeapSnapshotVerifier.java
index 5a747d086c5a..98926736963a 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto.standalone/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/standalone/heap/StandaloneHeapSnapshotVerifier.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto.standalone/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/standalone/heap/StandaloneHeapSnapshotVerifier.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.heap.HeapSnapshotVerifier;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.heap.ImageHeap;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.heap.ImageHeapScanner;
+import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.infrastructure.UniverseMetaAccess;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.standalone.StandaloneObjectScanner;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.util.CompletionExecutor;
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ public StandaloneHeapSnapshotVerifier(BigBang bb, ImageHeap imageHeap, ImageHeap
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected ObjectScanner installObjectScanner(CompletionExecutor executor) {
+    protected ObjectScanner installObjectScanner(UniverseMetaAccess metaAccess, CompletionExecutor executor) {
         StandaloneImageHeapScanner standaloneImageHeapScanner = (StandaloneImageHeapScanner) this.scanner;
         return new StandaloneObjectScanner(bb, executor, scannedObjects, new ScanningObserver(), standaloneImageHeapScanner.getShouldScanConstant(),
                         standaloneImageHeapScanner.getShouldScanField());
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/AbstractAnalysisEngine.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/AbstractAnalysisEngine.java
index eae468a871e8..b03dbedd7f02 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/AbstractAnalysisEngine.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/AbstractAnalysisEngine.java
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ public void runAnalysis(DebugContext debugContext, Function<AnalysisUniverse, Bo
     private boolean analysisModified() {
         boolean analysisModified;
         try (Timer.StopTimer ignored = verifyHeapTimer.start()) {
-            analysisModified = universe.getHeapVerifier().checkHeapSnapshot(executor, "after analysis", true);
+            analysisModified = universe.getHeapVerifier().checkHeapSnapshot(metaAccess, executor, "after analysis", true);
         }
         /* Initialize for the next iteration. */
         executor.init(getTiming());
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/ObjectScanner.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/ObjectScanner.java
index 883dda92a75b..43bdfe07549a 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/ObjectScanner.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/ObjectScanner.java
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ protected void scanField(AnalysisField field, JavaConstant receiver, ScanReason
                 return;
             }
             assert isUnwrapped(receiver);
-            JavaConstant fieldValue = bb.getUniverse().getHeapScanner().readFieldValue(field, receiver);
+
+            JavaConstant fieldValue = readFieldValue(field, receiver);
             if (fieldValue == null) {
                 StringBuilder backtrace = new StringBuilder();
                 buildObjectBacktrace(bb, reason, backtrace);
@@ -189,6 +190,10 @@ protected void scanField(AnalysisField field, JavaConstant receiver, ScanReason
         }
     }
 
+    protected JavaConstant readFieldValue(AnalysisField field, JavaConstant receiver) {
+        return bb.getConstantReflectionProvider().readFieldValue(field, receiver);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Must unwrap the receiver if it is an ImageHeapConstant to scan the hosted value, if any, for
      * verification, otherwise the verification just compares shadow heap with shadow heap for
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/heap/HeapSnapshotVerifier.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/heap/HeapSnapshotVerifier.java
index be9717225597..ef8f0538f036 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/heap/HeapSnapshotVerifier.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.graal.pointsto/src/com/oracle/graal/pointsto/heap/HeapSnapshotVerifier.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.ObjectScanner;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.ObjectScanner.ReusableSet;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.ObjectScanningObserver;
+import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.infrastructure.UniverseMetaAccess;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.meta.AnalysisField;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.meta.AnalysisType;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.util.AnalysisError;
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ public boolean checkHeapSnapshot(UniverseMetaAccess metaAccess, CompletionExecut
         int reachableTypesBefore = bb.getUniverse().getReachableTypes();
         iterations++;
         scannedObjects.reset();
-        ObjectScanner objectScanner = installObjectScanner(executor);
+        ObjectScanner objectScanner = installObjectScanner(metaAccess, executor);
         executor.start();
         scanTypes(objectScanner);
         objectScanner.scanBootImageHeapRoots();
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public boolean checkHeapSnapshot(UniverseMetaAccess metaAccess, CompletionExecut
         return analysisModified || verificationReachableTypes > 0;
     }
 
-    protected ObjectScanner installObjectScanner(CompletionExecutor executor) {
+    protected ObjectScanner installObjectScanner(@SuppressWarnings("unused") UniverseMetaAccess metaAccess, CompletionExecutor executor) {
         return new ObjectScanner(bb, executor, scannedObjects, new ScanningObserver());
     }
 
diff --git a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/heap/SVMImageHeapVerifier.java b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/heap/SVMImageHeapVerifier.java
index a38704f4caa4..a2409d35d082 100644
--- a/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/heap/SVMImageHeapVerifier.java
+++ b/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.hosted/src/com/oracle/svm/hosted/heap/SVMImageHeapVerifier.java
@@ -28,12 +28,16 @@
 
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.BigBang;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.ObjectScanner;
+import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.ObjectScanningObserver;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.heap.HeapSnapshotVerifier;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.heap.ImageHeap;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.heap.ImageHeapScanner;
+import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.infrastructure.UniverseMetaAccess;
+import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.meta.AnalysisField;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.meta.AnalysisType;
 import com.oracle.graal.pointsto.util.CompletionExecutor;
 import com.oracle.svm.hosted.SVMHost;
+import com.oracle.svm.hosted.ameta.AnalysisConstantReflectionProvider;
 
 import jdk.vm.ci.meta.JavaConstant;
 
@@ -43,8 +47,8 @@ public SVMImageHeapVerifier(BigBang bb, ImageHeap imageHeap, ImageHeapScanner sc
     }
 
     @Override
-    public boolean checkHeapSnapshot(CompletionExecutor executor, String phase, boolean forAnalysis) {
-        return super.checkHeapSnapshot(executor, phase, forAnalysis) || imageStateModified();
+    public boolean checkHeapSnapshot(UniverseMetaAccess metaAccess, CompletionExecutor executor, String phase, boolean forAnalysis) {
+        return super.checkHeapSnapshot(metaAccess, executor, phase, forAnalysis) || imageStateModified();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -75,6 +79,26 @@ private void verifyHub(SVMHost svmHost, ObjectScanner objectScanner, AnalysisTyp
         objectScanner.scanConstant(hubConstant, ObjectScanner.OtherReason.HUB);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    protected ObjectScanner installObjectScanner(UniverseMetaAccess metaAccess, CompletionExecutor executor) {
+        return new VerifierObjectScanner(bb, metaAccess, executor, scannedObjects, new ScanningObserver());
+    }
+
+    private static final class VerifierObjectScanner extends ObjectScanner {
+        private final UniverseMetaAccess metaAccess;
+
+        VerifierObjectScanner(BigBang bb, UniverseMetaAccess metaAccess, CompletionExecutor executor, ReusableSet scannedObjects, ObjectScanningObserver scanningObserver) {
+            super(bb, executor, scannedObjects, scanningObserver);
+            this.metaAccess = metaAccess;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected JavaConstant readFieldValue(AnalysisField field, JavaConstant receiver) {
+            AnalysisConstantReflectionProvider constantReflectionProvider = (AnalysisConstantReflectionProvider) bb.getConstantReflectionProvider();
+            return constantReflectionProvider.readValue(metaAccess, field, receiver, true);
+        }
+    }
+
     private SVMHost svmHost() {
         return (SVMHost) bb.getHostVM();
     }