diff --git a/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Tests/ILTrimExpectedFailures.txt b/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Tests/ILTrimExpectedFailures.txt
index 90c596ee59fa81..88163a1f32ffef 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Tests/ILTrimExpectedFailures.txt
+++ b/src/coreclr/tools/ILTrim.Tests/ILTrimExpectedFailures.txt
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@ TypeForwarding.AttributesScopeUpdated
 TypeForwarding.MultiForwardedTypesWithCopyUsed
 TypeForwarding.MultiForwardedTypesWithLink
 TypeForwarding.NestedTypeForwarder
+TypeForwarding.RootedForwarderWithExportedTypesIsHandled
 TypeForwarding.SecurityAttributeScope
 TypeForwarding.TypeForwardedIsUpdatedForMissingType
 TypeForwarding.TypeForwarderOnlyAssemblyCanBePreservedViaLinkXml
@@ -537,6 +538,7 @@ TypeForwarding.UsedForwarderInCopyAssemblyKeptByUsedProperty
 TypeForwarding.UsedForwarderInCopyAssemblyKeptByUsedTypeAsGenericArg
 TypeForwarding.UsedForwarderInGenericIsDynamicallyAccessedWithAssemblyCopyUsed
 TypeForwarding.UsedForwarderIsDynamicallyAccessedWithAssemblyCopyUsed
+TypeForwarding.UsedForwarderIsRemovedWhenReferencedByRootedAssembly
 TypeForwarding.UsedForwarderWithAssemblyCopy
 TypeForwarding.UsedForwarderWithAssemblyCopyUsed
 TypeForwarding.UsedForwarderWithAssemblyCopyUsedAndForwarderLibraryKept
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
index a817c864212b7c..6e8b5176787542 100644
--- a/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
+++ b/src/tools/illink/src/linker/Linker.Steps/MarkStep.cs
@@ -1489,6 +1489,8 @@ public virtual void MarkAssembly(AssemblyDefinition assembly, DependencyInfo rea
                     disableMarkingOfCopyAssembliesValue != "true")
                 {
                     MarkEntireAssembly(assembly, assemblyOrigin);
+                    // For copy/save assemblies, also mark scopes of type references, since they won't be rewritten.
+                    TypeReferenceMarker.MarkTypeReferences(assembly, MarkingHelpers);
                 }
                 return;
             }
@@ -1519,8 +1521,14 @@ void MarkEntireAssembly(AssemblyDefinition assembly, MessageOrigin origin)
             foreach (TypeDefinition type in module.Types)
                 MarkEntireType(type, new DependencyInfo(DependencyKind.TypeInAssembly, assembly), origin);
 
-            // Mark scopes of type references and exported types.
-            TypeReferenceMarker.MarkTypeReferences(assembly, MarkingHelpers);
+            MarkExportedTypes(assembly, origin);
+        }
+
+        void MarkExportedTypes(AssemblyDefinition assembly, MessageOrigin origin)
+        {
+            ModuleDefinition module = assembly.MainModule;
+            foreach (ExportedType exportedType in module.ExportedTypes)
+                MarkingHelpers.MarkExportedType(exportedType, module, new DependencyInfo(DependencyKind.ExportedType, assembly), origin);
         }
 
         sealed class TypeReferenceMarker : TypeReferenceWalker
@@ -1546,7 +1554,6 @@ protected override void ProcessTypeReference(TypeReference type)
 
             protected override void ProcessExportedType(ExportedType exportedType)
             {
-                markingHelpers.MarkExportedType(exportedType, assembly.MainModule, new DependencyInfo(DependencyKind.ExportedType, assembly), new MessageOrigin(assembly));
                 markingHelpers.MarkForwardedScope(CreateTypeReferenceForExportedTypeTarget(exportedType), new MessageOrigin(assembly));
             }
 
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/TypeForwarding/RootedForwarderWithExportedTypesIsHandled.cs b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/TypeForwarding/RootedForwarderWithExportedTypesIsHandled.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..40dec0e75f74bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/TypeForwarding/RootedForwarderWithExportedTypesIsHandled.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.Expectations.Assertions;
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.Expectations.Metadata;
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.TypeForwarding.Dependencies;
+
+namespace Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.TypeForwarding
+{
+    // Actions:
+    // link - This assembly (default), Forwarder.dll and Implementation.dll
+    // Rooting Forwarder.dll with -a (link action) while it is itself a type forwarder:
+    // MarkExportedTypes marks the exported type entries without TypeReferenceMarker running,
+    // and the implementation assembly is still preserved because the forwarded type is used.
+    [SetupLinkerArgument("-a", "Forwarder")]
+
+    [SetupCompileBefore("Forwarder.dll", new[] { "Dependencies/ReferenceImplementationLibrary.cs" }, defines: new[] { "INCLUDE_REFERENCE_IMPL" })]
+
+    // After compiling the test case we then replace the reference impl with implementation + type forwarder
+    [SetupCompileAfter("Implementation.dll", new[] { "Dependencies/ImplementationLibrary.cs" })]
+    [SetupCompileAfter("Forwarder.dll", new[] { "Dependencies/ForwarderLibrary.cs" }, references: new[] { "Implementation.dll" })]
+
+    [KeptAssembly("Forwarder.dll")]
+    [KeptTypeInAssembly("Forwarder.dll", typeof(ImplementationLibrary))]
+    [RemovedAssemblyReference("test", "Forwarder")]
+    [KeptMemberInAssembly("Implementation.dll", typeof(ImplementationLibrary), "GetSomeValue()")]
+    class RootedForwarderWithExportedTypesIsHandled
+    {
+        static void Main()
+        {
+            new ImplementationLibrary().GetSomeValue();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/TypeForwarding/UsedForwarderIsRemovedWhenReferencedByRootedAssembly.cs b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/TypeForwarding/UsedForwarderIsRemovedWhenReferencedByRootedAssembly.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..5a08aade4bc96b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/illink/test/Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases/TypeForwarding/UsedForwarderIsRemovedWhenReferencedByRootedAssembly.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation and contributors. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the MIT license. See LICENSE file in the project root for full license information.
+
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.Expectations.Assertions;
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.Expectations.Metadata;
+using Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.TypeForwarding.Dependencies;
+
+namespace Mono.Linker.Tests.Cases.TypeForwarding
+{
+    // Actions:
+    // link - This assembly (default), Forwarder.dll and Implementation.dll
+    // Rooting the test assembly with -a should not cause Forwarder.dll to be preserved,
+    // because type references are rewritten to point directly to Implementation.dll.
+    [SetupLinkerArgument("-a", "test")]
+
+    [SetupCompileBefore("Forwarder.dll", new[] { "Dependencies/ReferenceImplementationLibrary.cs" }, defines: new[] { "INCLUDE_REFERENCE_IMPL" })]
+
+    // After compiling the test case we then replace the reference impl with implementation + type forwarder
+    [SetupCompileAfter("Implementation.dll", new[] { "Dependencies/ImplementationLibrary.cs" })]
+    [SetupCompileAfter("Forwarder.dll", new[] { "Dependencies/ForwarderLibrary.cs" }, references: new[] { "Implementation.dll" })]
+
+    [RemovedAssembly("Forwarder.dll")]
+    [RemovedAssemblyReference("test", "Forwarder")]
+    [KeptMemberInAssembly("Implementation.dll", typeof(ImplementationLibrary), "GetSomeValue()")]
+    [KeptMember(".ctor()")]
+    class UsedForwarderIsRemovedWhenReferencedByRootedAssembly
+    {
+        static void Main()
+        {
+            new ImplementationLibrary().GetSomeValue();
+        }
+    }
+}