diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/lib/dart/element/element.dart b/pkg/analyzer/lib/dart/element/element.dart
index 0a0a1e6f2d7..fcbceefecc9 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/lib/dart/element/element.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/lib/dart/element/element.dart
@@ -1237,6 +1237,10 @@ abstract class FunctionElement implements ExecutableElement, LocalElement {
   /// invoke an undefined method on an object.
   static final String NO_SUCH_METHOD_METHOD_NAME = "noSuchMethod";
 
+  /// Return `true` if this function represents `identical` from the
+  /// `dart:core` library.
+  bool get isDartCoreIdentical;
+
   /// Return `true` if the function is an entry point, i.e. a top-level function
   /// and has the name `main`.
   bool get isEntryPoint;
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/potentially_constant.dart b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/potentially_constant.dart
index 66503bc0001..6c13da9a3c0 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/potentially_constant.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/constant/potentially_constant.dart
@@ -269,9 +269,9 @@ class _Collector {
 
   void _methodInvocation(MethodInvocation node) {
     var arguments = node.argumentList.arguments;
-    if (arguments.length == 2 && node.methodName.name == 'identical') {
-      var library = node.methodName.staticElement?.library;
-      if (library?.isDartCore == true) {
+    if (arguments.length == 2) {
+      var element = node.methodName.staticElement;
+      if (element is FunctionElement && element.isDartCoreIdentical) {
         collect(arguments[0]);
         collect(arguments[1]);
         return;
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/element.dart b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/element.dart
index 8a9ab33d15a..d33f0638189 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/element.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/element.dart
@@ -3348,6 +3348,11 @@ class FunctionElementImpl extends ExecutableElementImpl
     return identifier;
   }
 
+  @override
+  bool get isDartCoreIdentical {
+    return isStatic && name == 'identical' && library.isDartCore;
+  }
+
   @override
   bool get isEntryPoint {
     return isStatic && displayName == FunctionElement.MAIN_FUNCTION_NAME;
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/member.dart b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/member.dart
index f6195f18128..8d8f03d2d5d 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/member.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/element/member.dart
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ class FunctionMember extends ExecutableMember implements FunctionElement {
   @override
   Element get enclosingElement => declaration.enclosingElement;
 
+  @override
+  bool get isDartCoreIdentical => declaration.isDartCoreIdentical;
+
   @override
   bool get isEntryPoint => declaration.isEntryPoint;
 
diff --git a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/resolver/invocation_inferrer.dart b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/resolver/invocation_inferrer.dart
index 41fc38e2c44..03746207f9b 100644
--- a/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/resolver/invocation_inferrer.dart
+++ b/pkg/analyzer/lib/src/dart/resolver/invocation_inferrer.dart
@@ -461,8 +461,7 @@ class MethodInvocationInferrer
   bool _isIdentical(MethodInvocationImpl node) {
     var invokedMethod = node.methodName.staticElement;
     return invokedMethod is FunctionElement &&
-        invokedMethod.name == 'identical' &&
-        invokedMethod.library.isDartCore &&
+        invokedMethod.isDartCoreIdentical &&
         node.argumentList.arguments.length == 2;
   }