diff --git a/lib/api/src/js/externals/memory.rs b/lib/api/src/js/externals/memory.rs
index 599b261e2..015769b89 100644
--- a/lib/api/src/js/externals/memory.rs
+++ b/lib/api/src/js/externals/memory.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ impl Memory {
             .map_err(|_e| MemoryError::Generic("Error while creating the memory".to_owned()))?;
 
         let vm_memory = VMMemory::new(js_memory, ty);
-        Ok(Self::from_vm_export(store, vm_memory))
+        let handle = StoreHandle::new(store.objects_mut(), vm_memory);
+        Ok(Self::from_vm_extern(store, handle.internal_handle()))
     }
 
     /// Creates a new host `Memory` from provided JavaScript memory.
@@ -107,12 +108,14 @@ impl Memory {
         ty: MemoryType,
     ) -> Result<Self, MemoryError> {
         let vm_memory = VMMemory::new(js_memory, ty);
-        Ok(Self::from_vm_export(store, vm_memory))
+        let handle = StoreHandle::new(store.objects_mut(), vm_memory);
+        Ok(Self::from_vm_extern(store, handle.internal_handle()))
     }
 
     /// Create a memory object from an existing memory and attaches it to the store
     pub fn new_from_existing(new_store: &mut impl AsStoreMut, memory: VMMemory) -> Self {
-        Self::from_vm_export(new_store, memory)
+        let handle = StoreHandle::new(new_store.objects_mut(), memory);
+        Self::from_vm_extern(new_store, handle.internal_handle())
     }
 
     /// Returns the [`MemoryType`] of the `Memory`.
@@ -192,12 +195,6 @@ impl Memory {
         Ok(Pages(new_pages))
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn from_vm_export(store: &mut impl AsStoreMut, vm_memory: VMMemory) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            handle: StoreHandle::new(store.objects_mut(), vm_memory),
-        }
-    }
-
     pub(crate) fn from_vm_extern(
         store: &mut impl AsStoreMut,
         internal: InternalStoreHandle<VMMemory>,
diff --git a/lib/api/src/js/externals/mod.rs b/lib/api/src/js/externals/mod.rs
index 4a3c80315..2748e08b1 100644
--- a/lib/api/src/js/externals/mod.rs
+++ b/lib/api/src/js/externals/mod.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl Extern {
     }
 
     /// Create an `Extern` from an `wasmer_compiler::Export`.
-    pub fn from_vm_export(store: &mut impl AsStoreMut, export: Export) -> Self {
+    pub fn from_vm_extern(store: &mut impl AsStoreMut, export: Export) -> Self {
         match export {
             Export::Function(f) => Self::Function(Function::from_vm_extern(store, f)),
             Export::Memory(m) => Self::Memory(Memory::from_vm_extern(store, m)),
diff --git a/lib/api/src/js/instance.rs b/lib/api/src/js/instance.rs
index 6d2762adf..1b1eb0898 100644
--- a/lib/api/src/js/instance.rs
+++ b/lib/api/src/js/instance.rs
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ impl Instance {
                     })?;
                 let export: Export =
                     Export::from_js_value(js_export, &mut store, extern_type)?.into();
-                let extern_ = Extern::from_vm_export(&mut store, export);
+                let extern_ = Extern::from_vm_extern(&mut store, export);
                 Ok((name.to_string(), extern_))
             })
             .collect::<Result<Exports, InstantiationError>>()?;
diff --git a/lib/api/src/sys/externals/memory.rs b/lib/api/src/sys/externals/memory.rs
index 459863155..688d86c46 100644
--- a/lib/api/src/sys/externals/memory.rs
+++ b/lib/api/src/sys/externals/memory.rs
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ impl Memory {
 
     /// Create a memory object from an existing memory and attaches it to the store
     pub fn new_from_existing(new_store: &mut impl AsStoreMut, memory: VMMemory) -> Self {
-        Self {
-            handle: StoreHandle::new(new_store.objects_mut(), memory),
-        }
+        let handle = StoreHandle::new(new_store.objects_mut(), memory);
+        Self::from_vm_extern(new_store, handle.internal_handle())
     }
 
     /// Returns the [`MemoryType`] of the `Memory`.