diff --git a/cranelift/codegen/src/binemit/memorysink.rs b/cranelift/codegen/src/binemit/memorysink.rs
index d462dd7000..651921609f 100644
--- a/cranelift/codegen/src/binemit/memorysink.rs
+++ b/cranelift/codegen/src/binemit/memorysink.rs
@@ -29,30 +29,22 @@ use core::ptr::write_unaligned;
 ///
 /// Note that `MemoryCodeSink` writes multi-byte values in the native byte order of the host. This
 /// is not the right thing to do for cross compilation.
-pub struct MemoryCodeSink<'a> {
+pub struct MemoryCodeSink {
     /// Pointer to start of sink's preallocated memory.
     data: *mut u8,
     /// Offset is isize because its major consumer needs it in that form.
     offset: isize,
-    relocs: &'a mut dyn RelocSink,
 }
 
-impl<'a> MemoryCodeSink<'a> {
+impl<'a> MemoryCodeSink {
     /// Create a new memory code sink that writes a function to the memory pointed to by `data`.
     ///
     /// # Safety
     ///
     /// This function is unsafe since `MemoryCodeSink` does not perform bounds checking on the
     /// memory buffer, and it can't guarantee that the `data` pointer is valid.
-    pub unsafe fn new(
-        data: *mut u8,
-        relocs: &'a mut dyn RelocSink,
-    ) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            data,
-            offset: 0,
-            relocs,
-        }
+    pub unsafe fn new(data: *mut u8) -> Self {
+        Self { data, offset: 0 }
     }
 
     /// Information about the generated code and read-only data.
@@ -85,24 +77,13 @@ pub trait TrapSink {
     fn trap(&mut self, _: CodeOffset, _: SourceLoc, _: TrapCode);
 }
 
-impl<'a> CodeSink for MemoryCodeSink<'a> {
+impl CodeSink for MemoryCodeSink {
     fn put1(&mut self, x: u8) {
         unsafe {
             write_unaligned(self.data.offset(self.offset), x);
             self.offset += 1;
         }
     }
-
-    fn reloc_external(
-        &mut self,
-        srcloc: SourceLoc,
-        rel: Reloc,
-        name: &ExternalName,
-        addend: Addend,
-    ) {
-        let ofs = self.offset as CodeOffset;
-        self.relocs.reloc_external(ofs, srcloc, rel, name, addend);
-    }
 }
 
 /// A `RelocSink` implementation that does nothing, which is convenient when
diff --git a/cranelift/codegen/src/binemit/mod.rs b/cranelift/codegen/src/binemit/mod.rs
index 8fe228789f..2bb800976f 100644
--- a/cranelift/codegen/src/binemit/mod.rs
+++ b/cranelift/codegen/src/binemit/mod.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ pub use self::memorysink::{
     TrapSink,
 };
 pub use self::stack_map::StackMap;
-use crate::ir::{ExternalName, SourceLoc};
 use core::fmt;
 #[cfg(feature = "enable-serde")]
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -107,7 +106,4 @@ pub struct CodeInfo {
 pub trait CodeSink {
     /// Add 1 byte to the code section.
     fn put1(&mut self, _: u8);
-
-    /// Add a relocation referencing an external symbol plus the addend at the current offset.
-    fn reloc_external(&mut self, _: SourceLoc, _: Reloc, _: &ExternalName, _: Addend);
 }
diff --git a/cranelift/codegen/src/context.rs b/cranelift/codegen/src/context.rs
index fecf0a852b..c896c8e737 100644
--- a/cranelift/codegen/src/context.rs
+++ b/cranelift/codegen/src/context.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::isa::TargetIsa;
 use crate::legalizer::simple_legalize;
 use crate::licm::do_licm;
 use crate::loop_analysis::LoopAnalysis;
-use crate::machinst::{MachCompileResult, MachStackMap, MachTrap};
+use crate::machinst::{MachCompileResult, MachReloc, MachStackMap, MachTrap};
 use crate::nan_canonicalization::do_nan_canonicalization;
 use crate::remove_constant_phis::do_remove_constant_phis;
 use crate::result::CodegenResult;
@@ -194,13 +194,23 @@ impl Context {
         stack_maps: &mut dyn StackMapSink,
     ) -> CodeInfo {
         let _tt = timing::binemit();
-        let mut sink = MemoryCodeSink::new(mem, relocs);
+        let mut sink = MemoryCodeSink::new(mem);
         let result = self
             .mach_compile_result
             .as_ref()
             .expect("only using mach backend now");
         result.buffer.emit(&mut sink);
         let info = sink.info();
+        for &MachReloc {
+            offset,
+            srcloc,
+            kind,
+            ref name,
+            addend,
+        } in result.buffer.relocs()
+        {
+            relocs.reloc_external(offset, srcloc, kind, name, addend);
+        }
         for &MachTrap {
             offset,
             srcloc,
diff --git a/cranelift/codegen/src/lib.rs b/cranelift/codegen/src/lib.rs
index 7e14b5380c..e860990372 100644
--- a/cranelift/codegen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/cranelift/codegen/src/lib.rs
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ pub mod verifier;
 pub mod write;
 
 pub use crate::entity::packed_option;
-pub use crate::machinst::buffer::{MachCallSite, MachSrcLoc, MachTrap};
+pub use crate::machinst::buffer::{MachCallSite, MachReloc, MachSrcLoc, MachTrap};
 pub use crate::machinst::TextSectionBuilder;
 
 mod bitset;
diff --git a/cranelift/codegen/src/machinst/buffer.rs b/cranelift/codegen/src/machinst/buffer.rs
index 6f73649ff4..6c38297a33 100644
--- a/cranelift/codegen/src/machinst/buffer.rs
+++ b/cranelift/codegen/src/machinst/buffer.rs
@@ -1448,19 +1448,16 @@ impl MachBufferFinalized {
         // add this designation and segregate the output; take care, however,
         // to add the appropriate relocations in this case.
 
-        let mut next_reloc = 0;
-        for (idx, byte) in self.data.iter().enumerate() {
-            while next_reloc < self.relocs.len()
-                && self.relocs[next_reloc].offset == idx as CodeOffset
-            {
-                let reloc = &self.relocs[next_reloc];
-                sink.reloc_external(reloc.srcloc, reloc.kind, &reloc.name, reloc.addend);
-                next_reloc += 1;
-            }
-            sink.put1(*byte);
+        for &byte in self.data.iter() {
+            sink.put1(byte);
         }
     }
 
+    /// Get the list of external relocations for this code.
+    pub fn relocs(&self) -> &[MachReloc] {
+        &self.relocs[..]
+    }
+
     /// Get the list of trap records for this code.
     pub fn traps(&self) -> &[MachTrap] {
         &self.traps[..]
@@ -1504,18 +1501,18 @@ struct MachLabelFixup<I: VCodeInst> {
 }
 
 /// A relocation resulting from a compilation.
-struct MachReloc {
+pub struct MachReloc {
     /// The offset at which the relocation applies, *relative to the
     /// containing section*.
-    offset: CodeOffset,
+    pub offset: CodeOffset,
     /// The original source location.
-    srcloc: SourceLoc,
+    pub srcloc: SourceLoc,
     /// The kind of relocation.
-    kind: Reloc,
+    pub kind: Reloc,
     /// The external symbol / name to which this relocation refers.
-    name: ExternalName,
+    pub name: ExternalName,
     /// The addend to add to the symbol value.
-    addend: i64,
+    pub addend: i64,
 }
 
 /// A trap record resulting from a compilation.
@@ -2072,15 +2069,11 @@ mod test {
         #[derive(Default)]
         struct TestCodeSink {
             offset: CodeOffset,
-            relocs: Vec<(CodeOffset, Reloc)>,
         }
         impl CodeSink for TestCodeSink {
             fn put1(&mut self, _: u8) {
                 self.offset += 1;
             }
-            fn reloc_external(&mut self, _: SourceLoc, r: Reloc, _: &ExternalName, _: Addend) {
-                self.relocs.push((self.offset, r));
-            }
         }
 
         let mut sink = TestCodeSink::default();
@@ -2105,6 +2098,12 @@ mod test {
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
             vec![(2, Opcode::Call)]
         );
-        assert_eq!(sink.relocs, vec![(2, Reloc::Abs4), (3, Reloc::Abs8)]);
+        assert_eq!(
+            buf.relocs()
+                .iter()
+                .map(|reloc| (reloc.offset, reloc.kind))
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>(),
+            vec![(2, Reloc::Abs4), (3, Reloc::Abs8)]
+        );
     }
 }
diff --git a/cranelift/filetests/src/test_compile.rs b/cranelift/filetests/src/test_compile.rs
index c059f60d7d..cadc016dc1 100644
--- a/cranelift/filetests/src/test_compile.rs
+++ b/cranelift/filetests/src/test_compile.rs
@@ -84,15 +84,6 @@ impl binemit::CodeSink for SizeSink {
     fn put1(&mut self, _: u8) {
         self.offset += 1;
     }
-
-    fn reloc_external(
-        &mut self,
-        _srcloc: ir::SourceLoc,
-        _reloc: binemit::Reloc,
-        _name: &ir::ExternalName,
-        _addend: binemit::Addend,
-    ) {
-    }
 }
 
 fn check_precise_output(text: &str, context: &Context) -> Result<()> {