diff --git a/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/LazyList.scala b/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/LazyList.scala
index dde413bd91ce..b532335999cb 100644
--- a/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/LazyList.scala
+++ b/src/library/scala/collection/immutable/LazyList.scala
@@ -249,6 +249,14 @@ final class LazyList[+A] private(private[this] var lazyState: () => LazyList.Sta
   @inline private def stateDefined: Boolean = stateEvaluated
   private[this] var midEvaluation = false
 
+  // see scala/scala#10118
+  private def withNullLazyState[T](f: => T): T = {
+    val saved = lazyState
+    lazyState = null
+    try f
+    finally lazyState = saved
+  }
+
   private lazy val state: State[A] = {
     // if it's already mid-evaluation, we're stuck in an infinite
     // self-referential loop (also it's empty)
@@ -1370,7 +1378,7 @@ object LazyList extends SeqFactory[LazyList] {
         case a => init += a.asInstanceOf[A]
       }
       val tail = in.readObject().asInstanceOf[LazyList[A]]
-      coll = init ++: tail
+      coll = tail.withNullLazyState(tail.prependedAll(init))
     }
 
     private[this] def readResolve(): Any = coll
diff --git a/test/junit/scala/collection/immutable/LazyListTest.scala b/test/junit/scala/collection/immutable/LazyListTest.scala
index 58798ec4cb9d..6a360f184679 100644
--- a/test/junit/scala/collection/immutable/LazyListTest.scala
+++ b/test/junit/scala/collection/immutable/LazyListTest.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,34 @@ import scala.util.Try
 @RunWith(classOf[JUnit4])
 class LazyListTest {
 
+  @Test
+  def serialization(): Unit = {
+    import java.io._
+
+    def serialize(obj: AnyRef): Array[Byte] = {
+      val buffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream
+      val out = new ObjectOutputStream(buffer)
+      out.writeObject(obj)
+      buffer.toByteArray
+    }
+    def deserialize(a: Array[Byte]): AnyRef = {
+      val in = new ObjectInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(a))
+      in.readObject
+    }
+
+    def serializeDeserialize[T <: AnyRef](obj: T) = deserialize(serialize(obj)).asInstanceOf[T]
+
+    val l = LazyList.from(10)
+    val ld = serializeDeserialize(l)
+    assertEquals(ld.toString, "LazyList(<not computed>)")
+    ld.head
+    assertEquals(ld.toString, "LazyList(10, <not computed>)")
+    ld.tail.head
+    assertEquals(ld.toString, "LazyList(10, 11, <not computed>)")
+    ld.tail.tail.head
+    assertEquals(ld.toString, "LazyList(10, 11, 12, <not computed>)")
+  }
+
   @Test
   def t6727_and_t6440_and_8627(): Unit = {
     assertTrue(LazyList.continually(()).filter(_ => true).take(2) == Seq((), ()))