diff --git a/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_model_in_sequential_keras.py b/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_model_in_sequential_keras.py
index 2446ff91fb0562..9fccc9ce472e39 100644
--- a/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_model_in_sequential_keras.py
+++ b/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_model_in_sequential_keras.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import tempfile
 from absl import app
 from absl import flags
 
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ def train(fine_tuning):
 
   model.fit_generator(generator=dataset.batch(1), epochs=5)
 
+  # This is testing that a model using a SavedModel can be re-exported again,
+  # e.g. to catch issues such as b/142231881.
+  tf.saved_model.save(model, tempfile.mkdtemp())
+
 
 def main(argv):
   del argv
diff --git a/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_rnn_cell.py b/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_rnn_cell.py
index e9f251376efb9b..8a0173c8aa7d75 100644
--- a/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_rnn_cell.py
+++ b/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_rnn_cell.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import tempfile
 from absl import app
 from absl import flags
 import numpy as np
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ def main(argv):
       tf.constant(np.random.uniform(size=[3, 19]).astype(np.float32)),
       initial_state)
 
+  # This is testing that a model using a SavedModel can be re-exported again,
+  # e.g. to catch issues such as b/142231881.
+  tf.saved_model.save(cell, tempfile.mkdtemp())
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   app.run(main)
diff --git a/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_text_embedding_in_dataset.py b/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_text_embedding_in_dataset.py
index a21922219ce733..b22102b90d35d3 100644
--- a/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_text_embedding_in_dataset.py
+++ b/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_text_embedding_in_dataset.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import tempfile
 from absl import app
 from absl import flags
 
@@ -55,6 +56,10 @@ def _map_fn(features, labels):
 
   model.fit_generator(generator=dataset.batch(10), epochs=5)
 
+  # This is testing that a model using a SavedModel can be re-exported again,
+  # e.g. to catch issues such as b/142231881.
+  tf.saved_model.save(model, tempfile.mkdtemp())
+
 
 def main(argv):
   del argv
diff --git a/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_text_rnn_model.py b/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_text_rnn_model.py
index 9178ff5581f556..ad7dea6ed6e69c 100644
--- a/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_text_rnn_model.py
+++ b/tensorflow/examples/saved_model/integration_tests/use_text_rnn_model.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import tempfile
 from absl import app
 from absl import flags
 import tensorflow.compat.v2 as tf
@@ -40,6 +41,9 @@ def main(argv):
       sequence_length=10, first_word=tf.constant("<S>"))
   _ = [d.numpy() for d in decoded]
 
+  # This is testing that a model using a SavedModel can be re-exported again,
+  # e.g. to catch issues such as b/142231881.
+  tf.saved_model.save(model, tempfile.mkdtemp())
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   app.run(main)
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/saved_model/load.py b/tensorflow/python/saved_model/load.py
index 88f0f819ea7183..d8f146b38da7bf 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/saved_model/load.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/saved_model/load.py
@@ -425,11 +425,13 @@ def _list_functions_for_serialization(self, unused_serialization_cache):
     # Overwrite this method to avoid the implementation of
     # base class to re-wrap the polymorphic functions into
     # another layer of `tf.function`.
-    return {
+    functions = {
         "_create_resource": self._create_resource,
         "_initialize": self._initialize,
-        "_destroy_resource": self._destroy_resource,
     }
+    if self._destroy_resource:
+      functions.update(_destroy_resource=self._destroy_resource)
+    return functions
 
 
 def _call_attribute(instance, *args, **kwargs):