diff --git a/src/plan/barriers.rs b/src/plan/barriers.rs
index 6ae193f919..56c069c982 100644
--- a/src/plan/barriers.rs
+++ b/src/plan/barriers.rs
@@ -171,13 +171,13 @@ impl<S: BarrierSemantics> ObjectBarrier<S> {
         Self { semantics }
     }
 
-    /// Attepmt to atomically log an object.
+    /// Attempt to atomically log an object.
     /// Returns true if the object is not logged previously.
     fn object_is_unlogged(&self, object: ObjectReference) -> bool {
         unsafe { S::UNLOG_BIT_SPEC.load::<S::VM, u8>(object, None) != 0 }
     }
 
-    /// Attepmt to atomically log an object.
+    /// Attempt to atomically log an object.
     /// Returns true if the object is not logged previously.
     fn log_object(&self, object: ObjectReference) -> bool {
         #[cfg(all(feature = "vo_bit", feature = "extreme_assertions"))]
diff --git a/src/plan/generational/gc_work.rs b/src/plan/generational/gc_work.rs
index 03240b4e93..fc16ba727b 100644
--- a/src/plan/generational/gc_work.rs
+++ b/src/plan/generational/gc_work.rs
@@ -108,22 +108,24 @@ impl<E: ProcessEdgesWork> ProcessModBuf<E> {
 
 impl<E: ProcessEdgesWork> GCWork<E::VM> for ProcessModBuf<E> {
     fn do_work(&mut self, worker: &mut GCWorker<E::VM>, mmtk: &'static MMTK<E::VM>) {
-        // Flip the per-object unlogged bits to "unlogged" state.
-        for obj in &self.modbuf {
-            <E::VM as VMBinding>::VMObjectModel::GLOBAL_LOG_BIT_SPEC.store_atomic::<E::VM, u8>(
-                *obj,
-                1,
-                None,
-                Ordering::SeqCst,
-            );
-        }
-        // scan modbuf only if the current GC is a nursery GC
-        if mmtk
-            .get_plan()
-            .generational()
-            .unwrap()
-            .is_current_gc_nursery()
-        {
+        // Process and scan modbuf only if the current GC is a nursery GC
+        let gen = mmtk.get_plan().generational().unwrap();
+        if gen.is_current_gc_nursery() {
+            // Flip the per-object unlogged bits to "unlogged" state.
+            for obj in &self.modbuf {
+                debug_assert!(
+                    !gen.is_object_in_nursery(*obj),
+                    "{} was logged but is not mature. Dumping process memory maps:\n{}",
+                    *obj,
+                    crate::util::memory::get_process_memory_maps(),
+                );
+                <E::VM as VMBinding>::VMObjectModel::GLOBAL_LOG_BIT_SPEC.store_atomic::<E::VM, u8>(
+                    *obj,
+                    1,
+                    None,
+                    Ordering::SeqCst,
+                );
+            }
             // Scan objects in the modbuf and forward pointers
             let modbuf = std::mem::take(&mut self.modbuf);
             GCWork::do_work(
diff --git a/src/plan/generational/global.rs b/src/plan/generational/global.rs
index 37c7249245..33d4651bcf 100644
--- a/src/plan/generational/global.rs
+++ b/src/plan/generational/global.rs
@@ -227,6 +227,7 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> CommonGenPlan<VM> {
         if self.common.get_los().in_space(object) {
             return self.common.get_los().trace_object::<Q>(queue, object);
         }
+
         object
     }
 
diff --git a/src/plan/generational/immix/global.rs b/src/plan/generational/immix/global.rs
index ba2850b3a4..80d2fbc2f5 100644
--- a/src/plan/generational/immix/global.rs
+++ b/src/plan/generational/immix/global.rs
@@ -249,10 +249,8 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> GenImmix<VM> {
         let immix_space = ImmixSpace::new(
             plan_args.get_space_args("immix_mature", true, false, VMRequest::discontiguous()),
             ImmixSpaceArgs {
-                reset_log_bit_in_major_gc: false,
-                // We don't need to unlog objects at tracing. Instead, we unlog objects at copying.
-                // Any object is moved into the mature space, or is copied inside the mature space. We will unlog it.
-                unlog_object_when_traced: false,
+                // We need to unlog objects at tracing time since we currently clear all log bits during a major GC
+                unlog_object_when_traced: true,
                 // In GenImmix, young objects are not allocated in ImmixSpace directly.
                 #[cfg(feature = "vo_bit")]
                 mixed_age: false,
diff --git a/src/plan/immix/global.rs b/src/plan/immix/global.rs
index 9dc6380660..2e0e665f78 100644
--- a/src/plan/immix/global.rs
+++ b/src/plan/immix/global.rs
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> Immix<VM> {
         Self::new_with_args(
             plan_args,
             ImmixSpaceArgs {
-                reset_log_bit_in_major_gc: false,
                 unlog_object_when_traced: false,
                 #[cfg(feature = "vo_bit")]
                 mixed_age: false,
diff --git a/src/plan/marksweep/global.rs b/src/plan/marksweep/global.rs
index 4a19f77841..d413d85632 100644
--- a/src/plan/marksweep/global.rs
+++ b/src/plan/marksweep/global.rs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> Plan for MarkSweep<VM> {
 
     fn prepare(&mut self, tls: VMWorkerThread) {
         self.common.prepare(tls, true);
-        self.ms.prepare();
+        self.ms.prepare(true);
     }
 
     fn release(&mut self, tls: VMWorkerThread) {
diff --git a/src/plan/sticky/immix/global.rs b/src/plan/sticky/immix/global.rs
index 7b41c7b854..7e78347477 100644
--- a/src/plan/sticky/immix/global.rs
+++ b/src/plan/sticky/immix/global.rs
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> crate::plan::generational::global::GenerationalPlanExt<VM> f
                 trace!("Immix mature object {}, skip", object);
                 return object;
             } else {
+                // Nursery object
                 let object = if KIND == TRACE_KIND_TRANSITIVE_PIN || KIND == TRACE_KIND_FAST {
                     trace!(
                         "Immix nursery object {} is being traced without moving",
@@ -326,9 +327,6 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> StickyImmix<VM> {
                 // Every object we trace in full heap GC is a mature object. Thus in both cases,
                 // they should be unlogged.
                 unlog_object_when_traced: true,
-                // In full heap GC, mature objects may die, and their unlogged bit needs to be reset.
-                // Along with the option above, we unlog them again during tracing.
-                reset_log_bit_in_major_gc: true,
                 // In StickyImmix, both young and old objects are allocated in the ImmixSpace.
                 #[cfg(feature = "vo_bit")]
                 mixed_age: true,
diff --git a/src/policy/copyspace.rs b/src/policy/copyspace.rs
index ddf8e5bb04..bbc66ccd4d 100644
--- a/src/policy/copyspace.rs
+++ b/src/policy/copyspace.rs
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> CopySpace<VM> {
                 side_forwarding_status_table.bzero_metadata(start, size);
             }
 
+            if self.common.needs_log_bit {
+                if let MetadataSpec::OnSide(side) = *VM::VMObjectModel::GLOBAL_LOG_BIT_SPEC {
+                    side.bzero_metadata(start, size);
+                }
+            }
+
             // Clear VO bits because all objects in the space are dead.
             #[cfg(feature = "vo_bit")]
             crate::util::metadata::vo_bit::bzero_vo_bit(start, size);
diff --git a/src/policy/immix/immixspace.rs b/src/policy/immix/immixspace.rs
index 331600bc91..b932808d8f 100644
--- a/src/policy/immix/immixspace.rs
+++ b/src/policy/immix/immixspace.rs
@@ -65,14 +65,6 @@ pub struct ImmixSpaceArgs {
     /// (no matter we copy an object or not). So we have to use `PromoteToMature`, and instead
     /// just set the log bit in the space when an object is traced.
     pub unlog_object_when_traced: bool,
-    /// Reset log bit at the start of a major GC.
-    /// Normally we do not need to do this. When immix is used as the mature space,
-    /// any object should be set as unlogged, and that bit does not need to be cleared
-    /// even if the object is dead. But in sticky Immix, the mature object and
-    /// the nursery object are in the same space, we will have to use the
-    /// bit to differentiate them. So we reset all the log bits in major GCs,
-    /// and unlogged the objects when they are traced (alive).
-    pub reset_log_bit_in_major_gc: bool,
     /// Whether this ImmixSpace instance contains both young and old objects.
     /// This affects the updating of valid-object bits.  If some lines or blocks of this ImmixSpace
     /// instance contain young objects, their VO bits need to be updated during this GC.  Currently
@@ -293,7 +285,7 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> ImmixSpace<VM> {
             Block::LOG_BYTES
         );
 
-        if space_args.unlog_object_when_traced || space_args.reset_log_bit_in_major_gc {
+        if space_args.unlog_object_when_traced {
             assert!(
                 args.constraints.needs_log_bit,
                 "Invalid args when the plan does not use log bit"
@@ -389,6 +381,14 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> ImmixSpace<VM> {
                 unimplemented!("cyclic mark bits is not supported at the moment");
             }
 
+            if self.common.needs_log_bit {
+                if let MetadataSpec::OnSide(side) = *VM::VMObjectModel::GLOBAL_LOG_BIT_SPEC {
+                    for chunk in self.chunk_map.all_chunks() {
+                        side.bzero_metadata(chunk.start(), Chunk::BYTES);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             // Prepare defrag info
             if super::DEFRAG {
                 self.defrag.prepare(self, plan_stats);
@@ -838,6 +838,7 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> ImmixSpace<VM> {
 /// A work packet to prepare each block for a major GC.
 /// Performs the action on a range of chunks.
 pub struct PrepareBlockState<VM: VMBinding> {
+    #[allow(dead_code)]
     pub space: &'static ImmixSpace<VM>,
     pub chunk: Chunk,
     pub defrag_threshold: Option<usize>,
@@ -851,17 +852,6 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> PrepareBlockState<VM> {
         if let MetadataSpec::OnSide(side) = *VM::VMObjectModel::LOCAL_MARK_BIT_SPEC {
             side.bzero_metadata(self.chunk.start(), Chunk::BYTES);
         }
-        if self.space.space_args.reset_log_bit_in_major_gc {
-            if let MetadataSpec::OnSide(side) = *VM::VMObjectModel::GLOBAL_LOG_BIT_SPEC {
-                // We zero all the log bits in major GC, and for every object we trace, we will mark the log bit again.
-                side.bzero_metadata(self.chunk.start(), Chunk::BYTES);
-            } else {
-                // If the log bit is not in side metadata, we cannot bulk zero. We can either
-                // clear the bit for dead objects in major GC, or clear the log bit for new
-                // objects. In either cases, we do not need to set log bit at tracing.
-                unimplemented!("We cannot bulk zero unlogged bit.")
-            }
-        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/policy/immortalspace.rs b/src/policy/immortalspace.rs
index cc4dd75bfc..c08ffeeaaa 100644
--- a/src/policy/immortalspace.rs
+++ b/src/policy/immortalspace.rs
@@ -213,6 +213,15 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> ImmortalSpace<VM> {
             object
         );
         if self.mark_state.test_and_mark::<VM>(object) {
+            // Set the unlog bit if required
+            if self.common.needs_log_bit {
+                VM::VMObjectModel::GLOBAL_LOG_BIT_SPEC.store_atomic::<VM, u8>(
+                    object,
+                    1,
+                    None,
+                    Ordering::SeqCst,
+                );
+            }
             queue.enqueue(object);
         }
         object
diff --git a/src/policy/largeobjectspace.rs b/src/policy/largeobjectspace.rs
index cdeb87a9c0..effb39febd 100644
--- a/src/policy/largeobjectspace.rs
+++ b/src/policy/largeobjectspace.rs
@@ -269,7 +269,9 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> LargeObjectSpace<VM> {
                 trace!("LOS object {} is being marked now", object);
                 self.treadmill.copy(object, nursery_object);
                 // We just moved the object out of the logical nursery, mark it as unlogged.
-                if nursery_object && self.common.needs_log_bit {
+                // We also unlog mature objects as their unlog bit may have been unset before the
+                // full-heap GC
+                if self.common.needs_log_bit {
                     VM::VMObjectModel::GLOBAL_LOG_BIT_SPEC
                         .mark_as_unlogged::<VM>(object, Ordering::SeqCst);
                 }
@@ -288,6 +290,10 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> LargeObjectSpace<VM> {
         let sweep = |object: ObjectReference| {
             #[cfg(feature = "vo_bit")]
             crate::util::metadata::vo_bit::unset_vo_bit(object);
+            // Clear log bits for dead objects to prevent a new nursery object having the unlog bit set
+            if self.common.needs_log_bit {
+                VM::VMObjectModel::GLOBAL_LOG_BIT_SPEC.clear::<VM>(object, Ordering::SeqCst);
+            }
             self.pr
                 .release_pages(get_super_page(object.to_object_start::<VM>()));
         };
diff --git a/src/policy/marksweepspace/malloc_ms/global.rs b/src/policy/marksweepspace/malloc_ms/global.rs
index 83ec1e369b..3b7b082770 100644
--- a/src/policy/marksweepspace/malloc_ms/global.rs
+++ b/src/policy/marksweepspace/malloc_ms/global.rs
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> MallocSpace<VM> {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn prepare(&mut self) {}
+    pub fn prepare(&mut self, _full_heap: bool) {}
 
     pub fn release(&mut self) {
         use crate::scheduler::WorkBucketStage;
diff --git a/src/policy/marksweepspace/native_ms/global.rs b/src/policy/marksweepspace/native_ms/global.rs
index f39b051156..0b349c4508 100644
--- a/src/policy/marksweepspace/native_ms/global.rs
+++ b/src/policy/marksweepspace/native_ms/global.rs
@@ -405,7 +405,15 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> MarkSweepSpace<VM> {
         self.chunk_map.set(block.chunk(), ChunkState::Allocated);
     }
 
-    pub fn prepare(&mut self) {
+    pub fn prepare(&mut self, full_heap: bool) {
+        if self.common.needs_log_bit && full_heap {
+            if let MetadataSpec::OnSide(side) = *VM::VMObjectModel::GLOBAL_LOG_BIT_SPEC {
+                for chunk in self.chunk_map.all_chunks() {
+                    side.bzero_metadata(chunk.start(), Chunk::BYTES);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
         self.abandoned_in_gc.lock().unwrap().assert_empty();
 
diff --git a/src/policy/vmspace.rs b/src/policy/vmspace.rs
index c19e3a516b..95fdfe7369 100644
--- a/src/policy/vmspace.rs
+++ b/src/policy/vmspace.rs
@@ -283,6 +283,17 @@ impl<VM: VMBinding> VMSpace<VM> {
         );
         debug_assert!(self.in_space(object));
         if self.mark_state.test_and_mark::<VM>(object) {
+            // Flip the per-object unlogged bits to "unlogged" state for objects inside the
+            // bootimage
+            #[cfg(feature = "set_unlog_bits_vm_space")]
+            if self.common.needs_log_bit {
+                VM::VMObjectModel::GLOBAL_LOG_BIT_SPEC.store_atomic::<VM, u8>(
+                    object,
+                    1,
+                    None,
+                    Ordering::SeqCst,
+                );
+            }
             queue.enqueue(object);
         }
         object
diff --git a/src/util/metadata/log_bit.rs b/src/util/metadata/log_bit.rs
index 78e198ea35..a5a9b8644f 100644
--- a/src/util/metadata/log_bit.rs
+++ b/src/util/metadata/log_bit.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ use std::sync::atomic::Ordering;
 use super::MetadataSpec;
 
 impl VMGlobalLogBitSpec {
+    /// Clear the unlog bit to log object (0 means logged)
+    pub fn clear<VM: VMBinding>(&self, object: ObjectReference, order: Ordering) {
+        self.store_atomic::<VM, u8>(object, 0, None, order)
+    }
+
     /// Mark the log bit as unlogged (1 means unlogged)
     pub fn mark_as_unlogged<VM: VMBinding>(&self, object: ObjectReference, order: Ordering) {
         self.store_atomic::<VM, u8>(object, 1, None, order)