diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/ConfinedSession.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/ConfinedSession.java
index ec1e8fa7b15..47dfc69e887 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/ConfinedSession.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/ConfinedSession.java
@@ -86,11 +86,20 @@ final class ConfinedSession extends MemorySessionImpl {
      * A confined resource list; no races are possible here.
      */
     static final class ConfinedResourceList extends ResourceList {
+        // The first element of the list is pulled into a separate field
+        // which helps escape analysis keep track of the instance, allowing
+        // it to be scalar replaced.
+        ResourceCleanup cache;
+
         @Override
         void add(ResourceCleanup cleanup) {
             if (fst != ResourceCleanup.CLOSED_LIST) {
-                cleanup.next = fst;
-                fst = cleanup;
+                if (cache == null) {
+                    cache = cleanup;
+                } else {
+                    cleanup.next = fst;
+                    fst = cleanup;
+                }
             } else {
                 throw alreadyClosed();
             }
@@ -101,7 +110,11 @@ final class ConfinedSession extends MemorySessionImpl {
             if (fst != ResourceCleanup.CLOSED_LIST) {
                 ResourceCleanup prev = fst;
                 fst = ResourceCleanup.CLOSED_LIST;
-                cleanup(prev);
+                RuntimeException pendingException = null;
+                if (cache != null) {
+                    pendingException = cleanupSingle(cache, pendingException);
+                }
+                cleanup(prev, pendingException);
             } else {
                 throw alreadyClosed();
             }
diff --git a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/MemorySessionImpl.java b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/MemorySessionImpl.java
index cc2e746ce4d..2163146f1a9 100644
--- a/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/MemorySessionImpl.java
+++ b/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/foreign/MemorySessionImpl.java
@@ -261,19 +261,13 @@ public abstract sealed class MemorySessionImpl
         }
 
         static void cleanup(ResourceCleanup first) {
-            RuntimeException pendingException = null;
+            cleanup(first, null);
+        }
+
+        static void cleanup(ResourceCleanup first, RuntimeException pendingException) {
             ResourceCleanup current = first;
             while (current != null) {
-                try {
-                    current.cleanup();
-                } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
-                    if (pendingException == null) {
-                        pendingException = ex;
-                    } else if (ex != pendingException) {
-                        // note: self-suppression is not supported
-                        pendingException.addSuppressed(ex);
-                    }
-                }
+                pendingException = cleanupSingle(current, pendingException);
                 current = current.next;
             }
             if (pendingException != null) {
@@ -281,6 +275,20 @@ public abstract sealed class MemorySessionImpl
             }
         }
 
+        static RuntimeException cleanupSingle(ResourceCleanup resource, RuntimeException pendingException) {
+            try {
+                resource.cleanup();
+            } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+                if (pendingException == null) {
+                    pendingException = ex;
+                } else if (ex != pendingException) {
+                    // note: self-suppression is not supported
+                    pendingException.addSuppressed(ex);
+                }
+            }
+            return pendingException;
+        }
+
         public abstract static class ResourceCleanup {
             ResourceCleanup next;
 
diff --git a/test/micro/org/openjdk/bench/java/lang/foreign/AllocTest.java b/test/micro/org/openjdk/bench/java/lang/foreign/AllocTest.java
index a70861a0dda..4ae78d6d99e 100644
--- a/test/micro/org/openjdk/bench/java/lang/foreign/AllocTest.java
+++ b/test/micro/org/openjdk/bench/java/lang/foreign/AllocTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023, 2024, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ public class AllocTest extends CLayouts {
     }
 
     @Benchmark
-    public MemorySegment alloc_confined() {
+    public long alloc_confined() {
         try (Arena arena = Arena.ofConfined()) {
-            return arena.allocate(size);
+            return arena.allocate(size).address();
         }
     }