diff --git a/lisp/org-clock.el b/lisp/org-clock.el
index e4727d06e..c12142d81 100644
--- a/lisp/org-clock.el
+++ b/lisp/org-clock.el
@@ -2117,6 +2117,7 @@ Use `\\[org-clock-remove-overlays]' to remove the subtree times."
 	       h m))))
 
 (defvar-local org-clock-overlays nil)
+(put 'org-clock-overlays 'permanent-local t)
 
 (defun org-clock-put-overlay (time)
   "Put an overlay on the headline at point, displaying TIME.
diff --git a/lisp/org-colview.el b/lisp/org-colview.el
index ef42f9e23..9699be61b 100644
--- a/lisp/org-colview.el
+++ b/lisp/org-colview.el
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ in `org-columns-summary-types-default', which see."
 
 (defvar-local org-columns-overlays nil
   "Holds the list of current column overlays.")
+(put 'org-columns-overlays 'permanent-local t)
 
 (defvar-local org-columns-current-fmt nil
   "Local variable, holds the currently active column format.")
diff --git a/lisp/org-num.el b/lisp/org-num.el
index 9680efed2..0f8dca28d 100644
--- a/lisp/org-num.el
+++ b/lisp/org-num.el
@@ -156,6 +156,7 @@ control tag inheritance."
 
 (defvar-local org-num--overlays nil
   "Ordered list of overlays used for numbering outlines.")
+(put 'org-num--overlays 'permanent-local t)
 
 (defvar-local org-num--skip-level nil
   "Level below which headlines from current tree are not numbered.
diff --git a/lisp/org-table.el b/lisp/org-table.el
index c5efe8f0c..f5a433c7d 100644
--- a/lisp/org-table.el
+++ b/lisp/org-table.el
@@ -479,6 +479,7 @@ This may be useful when columns have been shrunk."
       (format "|%s" (mapconcat #'identity (reverse str) "")))))
 
 (defvar-local org-table-header-overlay nil)
+(put 'org-table-header-overlay 'permanent-local t)
 (defun org-table-header-set-header ()
   "Display the header of the table at point."
   (let ((gcol temporary-goal-column))
@@ -3814,6 +3815,7 @@ FACE, when non-nil, for the highlight."
 
 (defvar-local org-table-coordinate-overlays nil
   "Collects the coordinate grid overlays, so that they can be removed.")
+(put 'org-table-coordinate-overlays 'permanent-local t)
 
 (defun org-table-overlay-coordinates ()
   "Add overlays to the table at point, to show row/column coordinates."
diff --git a/lisp/org.el b/lisp/org.el
index e72cf056a..20e536a52 100644
--- a/lisp/org.el
+++ b/lisp/org.el
@@ -5942,6 +5942,8 @@ needs to be inserted at a specific position in the font-lock sequence.")
 
 (defvar-local org-custom-properties-overlays nil
   "List of overlays used for custom properties.")
+;; Preserve when switching modes or when restarting Org.
+(put 'org-custom-properties-overlays 'permanent-local t)
 
 (defun org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility ()
   "Display or hide properties in `org-custom-properties'."
@@ -10756,6 +10758,7 @@ D      Show deadlines and scheduled items between a date range."
 
 (defvar-local org-occur-highlights nil
   "List of overlays used for occur matches.")
+(put 'org-occur-highlights 'permanent-local t)
 (defvar-local org-occur-parameters nil
   "Parameters of the active org-occur calls.
 This is a list, each call to org-occur pushes as cons cell,
@@ -16149,6 +16152,10 @@ SNIPPETS-P indicates if this is run to create snippet images for HTML."
 ;; Image display
 
 (defvar-local org-inline-image-overlays nil)
+;; Preserve when switching modes or when restarting Org.
+;; If we clear the overlay list and later enable Or mode, the existing
+;; image overlays will never be cleared by `org-toggle-inline-images'.
+(put 'org-inline-image-overlays 'permanent-local t)
 
 (defun org--inline-image-overlays (&optional beg end)
   "Return image overlays between BEG and END."