diff --git a/common.gypi b/common.gypi
index ba6b791a6ccf82..c19346bffad434 100644
--- a/common.gypi
+++ b/common.gypi
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 
     # Reset this number to 0 on major V8 upgrades.
     # Increment by one for each non-official patch applied to deps/v8.
-    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.9',
+    'v8_embedder_string': '-node.10',
 
     ##### V8 defaults for Node.js #####
 
diff --git a/deps/v8/src/snapshot/serializer-deserializer.cc b/deps/v8/src/snapshot/serializer-deserializer.cc
index afa41e7d03b9b3..0deaaa845fe59c 100644
--- a/deps/v8/src/snapshot/serializer-deserializer.cc
+++ b/deps/v8/src/snapshot/serializer-deserializer.cc
@@ -30,13 +30,18 @@ void SerializerDeserializer::Iterate(Isolate* isolate, RootVisitor* visitor) {
 }
 
 bool SerializerDeserializer::CanBeDeferred(HeapObject o) {
-  // Maps cannot be deferred as objects are expected to have a valid map
-  // immediately. Internalized strings cannot be deferred as they might be
+  // 1. Maps cannot be deferred as objects are expected to have a valid map
+  // immediately.
+  // 2. Internalized strings cannot be deferred as they might be
   // converted to thin strings during post processing, at which point forward
   // references to the now-thin string will already have been written.
+  // 3. JS objects with embedder fields cannot be deferred because the
+  // serialize/deserialize callbacks need the back reference immediately to
+  // identify the object.
   // TODO(leszeks): Could we defer string serialization if forward references
   // were resolved after object post processing?
-  return !o.IsMap() && !o.IsInternalizedString();
+  return !o.IsMap() && !o.IsInternalizedString() &&
+         !(o.IsJSObject() && JSObject::cast(o).GetEmbedderFieldCount() > 0);
 }
 
 void SerializerDeserializer::RestoreExternalReferenceRedirector(