diff --git a/src/Bridge/Doctrine/Orm/Extension/PaginationExtension.php b/src/Bridge/Doctrine/Orm/Extension/PaginationExtension.php
index 9f264958e5c..47c47e17135 100644
--- a/src/Bridge/Doctrine/Orm/Extension/PaginationExtension.php
+++ b/src/Bridge/Doctrine/Orm/Extension/PaginationExtension.php
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack;
 
+// Help opcache.preload discover always-needed symbols
+class_exists(AbstractPaginator::class);
+
 /**
  * Applies pagination on the Doctrine query for resource collection when enabled.
  *