diff --git a/reframe/core/meta.py b/reframe/core/meta.py
index a1c5fbc729..7902418e48 100644
--- a/reframe/core/meta.py
+++ b/reframe/core/meta.py
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ def __getitem__(self, key):
                         # raise the exception from the base __getitem__.
                         raise err from None
 
+        def reset(self, key):
+            '''Reset an item to rerun it through the __setitem__ logic.'''
+            self[key] = self[key]
+
     class WrappedFunction:
         '''Descriptor to wrap a free function as a bound-method.
 
@@ -212,14 +216,32 @@ def __prepare__(metacls, name, bases, **kwargs):
         namespace['required'] = variables.Undefined
 
         # Utility decorators
+        namespace['_rfm_ext_bound'] = set()
+
         def bind(fn, name=None):
             '''Directive to bind a free function to a class.
 
             See online docs for more information.
+
+            .. note::
+               Functions bound using this directive must be re-inspected after
+               the class body execution has completed. This directive attaches
+               the external method into the class namespace and returns the
+               associated instance of the :class:`WrappedFunction`. However,
+               this instance may be further modified by other ReFrame builtins
+               such as :func:`run_before`, :func:`run_after`, :func:`final` and
+               so on after it was added to the namespace, which would bypass
+               the logic implemented in the :func:`__setitem__` method from the
+               :class:`MetaNamespace` class. Hence, we track the items set by
+               this directive in the ``_rfm_ext_bound`` set, so they can be
+               later re-inspected.
             '''
 
             inst = metacls.WrappedFunction(fn, name)
             namespace[inst.__name__] = inst
+
+            # Track the imported external functions
+            namespace['_rfm_ext_bound'].add(inst.__name__)
             return inst
 
         def final(fn):
@@ -324,6 +346,10 @@ class was created or even at the instance level (e.g. doing
         for b in directives:
             namespace.pop(b, None)
 
+        # Reset the external functions imported through the bind directive.
+        for item in namespace.pop('_rfm_ext_bound'):
+            namespace.reset(item)
+
         return super().__new__(metacls, name, bases, dict(namespace), **kwargs)
 
     def __init__(cls, name, bases, namespace, **kwargs):
diff --git a/reframe/core/pipeline.py b/reframe/core/pipeline.py
index 87c9caa459..aa0a0c57c6 100644
--- a/reframe/core/pipeline.py
+++ b/reframe/core/pipeline.py
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ def check_performance(self):
             if self.perf_variables or self._rfm_perf_fns:
                 if hasattr(self, 'perf_patterns'):
                     raise ReframeSyntaxError(
-                        f"assigning a value to 'perf_pattenrs' conflicts ",
+                        f"assigning a value to 'perf_patterns' conflicts ",
                         f"with using the 'performance_function' decorator ",
                         f"or setting a value to 'perf_variables'"
                     )
diff --git a/unittests/test_meta.py b/unittests/test_meta.py
index 7b9f12106c..8781e42b2c 100644
--- a/unittests/test_meta.py
+++ b/unittests/test_meta.py
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ class MyTest(MyMeta):
         bind(ext_fn)
         bind(ext_fn, name='ext')
 
+        # Catch bug #2146
+        final(bind(ext_fn, name='my_final'))
+
         # Bound as different objects
         assert ext_fn is not ext
 
@@ -100,6 +103,9 @@ def __init__(self):
             assert self.ext_fn() is self
             assert self.ext() is self
 
+    # Catch bug #2146
+    assert 'my_final' in MyTest._rfm_final_methods
+
     # Test __get__
     MyTest()