diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/writer.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/writer.go
index 8ca91973e3d632..2f0df9c6c65cc5 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/writer.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/writer.go
@@ -917,6 +917,14 @@ func (w *writer) doObj(wext *writer, obj types2.Object) pkgbits.CodeObj {
 		named := obj.Type().(*types2.Named)
 		assert(named.TypeArgs() == nil)
 
+		// Record method indices before encoding anything else, as
+		// encoding the underlying type may transitively encode one of
+		// named's generic methods (e.g., via a function body that
+		// calls it), which needs its index.
+		for i := range named.NumMethods() {
+			w.p.methodIdx[named.Method(i)] = i
+		}
+
 		w.pos(obj)
 		w.typeParamNames(named.TypeParams())
 		wext.typeExt(obj)
@@ -926,7 +934,6 @@ func (w *writer) doObj(wext *writer, obj types2.Object) pkgbits.CodeObj {
 		var methods, gmethods []*types2.Func
 		for i := range named.NumMethods() {
 			m := named.Method(i)
-			w.p.methodIdx[m] = i
 			if isGenericMethod(m.Type()) {
 				gmethods = append(gmethods, m)
 			} else {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/methodorder_test.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/methodorder_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..054a09027ada2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/types2/methodorder_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package types2_test
+
+import (
+	"internal/testenv"
+	"io"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	gcimporter "cmd/compile/internal/importer"
+	. "cmd/compile/internal/types2"
+)
+
+// TestImportedMethodOrder checks that methods of types imported from
+// export data appear in source order, as required by objectpath
+// (go.dev/issue/81188).
+func TestImportedMethodOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	testenv.MustHaveGoBuild(t)
+
+	const src = `package methodorder
+
+// T mixes generic and non-generic methods.
+type T struct{}
+
+func (T) A()               {}
+func (T) B[X any]()        {}
+func (T) C()               {}
+func (T) D[X, Y any](X, Y) {}
+func (T) E()               {}
+
+// U's underlying type refers to V, whose method body calls a generic
+// method of U, so encoding U's underlying type encodes U.G before the
+// rest of U.
+type U struct{ v *V }
+
+type V struct{}
+
+func (v *V) M(u *U) int { return u.G[int]() }
+
+func (*U) A()            {}
+func (*U) B()            {}
+func (*U) G[X any]() int { return 0 }
+func (*U) Z()            {}
+`
+	dir := t.TempDir()
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "go.mod"), []byte("module methodorder\n\ngo 1.27\n"), 0666); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dir, "methodorder.go"), []byte(src), 0666); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	cmd := testenv.Command(t, testenv.GoToolPath(t), "list", "-export", "-f={{.Export}}", ".")
+	cmd.Dir = dir
+	out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("go list: %v\n%s", err, out)
+	}
+	export := strings.TrimSpace(string(out))
+
+	lookup := func(path string) (io.ReadCloser, error) { return os.Open(export) }
+	pkg, err := gcimporter.Import(make(map[string]*Package), "methodorder", dir, lookup)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		typ  string
+		want string
+	}{
+		{"T", "A B C D E"},
+		{"U", "A B G Z"},
+	} {
+		named := pkg.Scope().Lookup(test.typ).Type().(*Named)
+		var names []string
+		for i := range named.NumMethods() {
+			names = append(names, named.Method(i).Name())
+		}
+		if got := strings.Join(names, " "); got != test.want {
+			t.Errorf("methods of %s = %s; want %s", test.typ, got, test.want)
+		}
+	}
+}